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Iran Freedom and Counter-Proliferation Act signed into law

  • Dentons
  • -
  • Iran, USA
  • -
  • January 15 2013

On Tuesday, January 2, 2013 President Obama signed into law the FY 2013 National Defense Authorization Act (the "FY 2013 NDAA"), a large legislative

Iran sanctions: new executive order expands us extraterritorial sanctions on Iran's petroleum sales

  • Dentons
  • -
  • Iran, USA
  • -
  • August 15 2012

On July 31, 2012, President Obama issued a new Executive Order ("Executive Order") that expands the scope of extraterritorial sanctions imposed by the US on foreign (non-US) persons who are involved in Iran's exports of petroleum, petroleum products, and petrochemicals

Iran sanctions: the Iran Threat Reduction Act

  • Dentons
  • -
  • Iran, USA
  • -
  • August 15 2012

On August 10, 2012, President Obama signed into law H.R. 1905, the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act("ITRA"

Iran sanctions: US adds multiple oil, banking and shipping companies to sanctions list

  • Dentons
  • -
  • Iran, USA
  • -
  • July 18 2012

On July 12, 2012, the United States added a substantial number of oil, banking, and shipping companies to the list of Specially Designated Nationals subject to US economic sanctions

Iran sanctions: SEC disclosure provisions under consideration

  • Dentons
  • -
  • Iran, USA
  • -
  • July 2 2012

One of the key components of the new round of Iran sanctions legislation currently under consideration by the US Congress is a new US Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") disclosure obligation for SEC-registered "public" companies that are engaged, directly or indirectly through their affiliates, in certain Iran-related conduct

New executive order targets Iran and Syria foreign sanctions enablers

  • Dentons
  • -
  • Iran, Syria, USA
  • -
  • May 8 2012

On May 1, 2012, the US Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control announced a new Executive Order that broadens the scope of US sanctions against Iran and Syria to prohibit certain transactions with "foreign sanctions evaders"

Key aspects of current US sanctions against Iran

  • Dentons
  • -
  • Iran, USA
  • -
  • February 14 2012

This Memorandum outlines recent developments with respect to the United States sanctions affecting the Islamic Republic of Iran (“Iran”

Focus on Iran: global sanctions tighten for banking and energy sectors

  • Dentons
  • -
  • Iran, USA
  • -
  • November 23 2011

This week, in the face of advancement of Iran's nuclear program, the United States government announced a series of enhanced and expansive sanctions against Iran that target financial institutions and the energy sector

Summary of key aspects of the Iran sanctions landscape

  • Dentons
  • -
  • European Union, Global, Iran, USA
  • -
  • February 3 2011

The various international and national sanctions that make up the Iran sanctions framework have differing geographic reach and substantive provisions, but operate as a whole to more closely restrict and confine Iran's access to capital, credit and resources for development of its petroleum and natural gas reserves

Global risk management in the new Iran sanctions landscape

  • Dentons
  • -
  • Iran, USA
  • -
  • October 27 2010

In the US and around the world, there is an extraordinary increase in focus on global compliance, especially in light of recent changes to the Iran sanctions landscape