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Syria: Here's
When We'd Use
Chemical Weapons

Jul 23, 2012 9:02 AM CDT

Syria: Here's When We'd Use Chemical Weapons

Not against rebels, but possibly against 'external aggression': official

(Newser) - Despite recent reports that Syria may be preparing to use its chemical weapons, a foreign ministry spokesperson today tried to assure the world that they will not be used on the Syrian people—officially acknowledging for the first time that the country actually has such weapons, reports Reuters . "Any...

Banned Apple
Gadgets Are
Huge in Iran

Jul 13, 2012 2:23 PM CDT

Banned Apple Gadgets Are Huge in Iran

Vendors sell to big banks, media firms

(Newser) - US sanctions ban Apple products from making their way to Iran shops—but with sales of the devices and software booming, merchants are obviously paying little heed. Some 100 shops in Tehran sell Apple items obtained through secret trade routes, Reuters reports, and Iranians are skirting rules and hiding their...

Chavez Powering Syria's Tanks

Jul 10, 2012 10:24 AM CDT

Chavez Powering Syria's Tanks

Venezuela sending diesel fuel to Assad regime

(Newser) - Syria's latest ally: Venezuela. President Hugo Chávez is sending diesel fuel to Syria in order to help Bashar al-Assad sidestep those pesky sanctions, the Wall Street Journal reports. And the fuel is a big deal: It's powering the tanks and vehicles currently bearing down on rebels in...

Failed Nuke Talks Mean Tough Iran Sanctions a Go

Jun 20, 2012 10:48 AM CDT

Failed Nuke Talks Mean Tough Iran Sanctions a Go

EU's potentially crippling oil embargo to start July 1

(Newser) - Little progress was made in the West's latest round of nuclear talks with Iran—and in the absence of a new agreement, new sanctions are due to take hold in less than two weeks. On June 28, the US will instate sanctions on companies working with Iran's central...

Sanctions,
Not Bombs,
Will Break Iran

Nicholas Kristof

Jun 17, 2012 9:53 AM CDT

Sanctions, Not Bombs, Will Break Iran

Nationalist backlash to attack would keep regime in power for years

(Newser) - International sanctions are biting hard into Iran's significant and growing middle class, but for the most part people are blaming their government for the hardship, not the United States. Which is why it is so important that the United States concentrate on sanctions and not bomb Iran—a military...

Cash-Strapped Syria
Just Prints More

Jun 13, 2012 12:45 PM CDT

Cash-Strapped Syria Just Prints More

Move risks unleashing ravages of inflation

(Newser) - It's getting expensive for Bashar al-Assad to cling to power, so his regime is just printing new bank notes to ensure that Syria can pay salaries and other expenses, bankers tell Reuters, in a move that experts warn could lead to rampant inflation. Violence and sanctions have shrunk Syria'...

Obama: Use Tech to Abuse Rebels, Expect Sanctions

Obama: Use Tech to Abuse Rebels, We'll Sanction You

UPDATED

Apr 23, 2012 11:23 AM CDT

Obama: Use Tech to Abuse Rebels, We'll Sanction You

Executive order fingers entities backing Iran, Syria, but could be enlarged

(Newser) - If you use technology to help a repressive regime commit human rights abuses, you'll find yourself slapped with US sanctions. That's the message from President Obama, who this morning announced a new executive order specifically targeting those backing Iran and Syria via technology, though it could be expanded...

Cameron Meets
Suu Kyi, Seeks
End of Sanctions

Apr 13, 2012 9:42 AM CDT

Cameron Meets Suu Kyi, Seeks End of Sanctions

Visits PM, opposition's Aung San Suu Kyi

(Newser) - David Cameron says he will support suspending the European Union's economic sanctions on Burma, which are to be reviewed by the end of the month. The British prime minister spoke after meetings with the country's reform-minded president, Thein Sein, and opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, who was...

Obama
Clears Way
for Sanctions
on Iran

Mar 30, 2012 5:42 PM CDT

Obama Clears Way for Sanctions on Iran

President says world market has enough oil to enact restrictions

(Newser) - President Obama today greenlighted sanctions designed to choke Iran's oil industry and pressure Tehran into giving up its nuclear ambitions. The decision comes after the White House established that there's enough crude oil in world markets to keep American allies steady if they reduce imports from Iran, reports...

Syria Sells Oil
to China—Thanks to Iran

Mar 30, 2012 7:17 AM CDT

Syria Sells Oil to China—Thanks to Iran

Meanwhile, Annan has message for Assad: Cease-fire, now

(Newser) - With the West united against the Syrian government and implementing a series of punishing sanctions, it's Iran and China to the rescue—as Chinese state-run firm Zhuhai Zhenrong bought an estimated $84 million in crude oil, and Iran supplied the boat to transport it, reports Reuters . The Malta-flagged vessel...

Syria: 89%
Approved New
Constitution

Feb 27, 2012 11:46 AM CST

Syria: 89% Approved New Constitution

West not convinced, though much of opposition may have boycotted

(Newser) - Syria's new constitution was backed by more than 89% of voters, the nation's Interior Ministry announced today, even as violence continues to rage across the country and the West decries the referendum as a sham . The Interior Ministry claims that more than 57% of Syria's 14 million...

Iran Cuts Oil to UK, France

Feb 19, 2012 10:03 AM CST

Iran Cuts Oil to UK, France

Oil ministry issues ultimatums to European refineries to sign long-term contracts

(Newser) - Iran has halted oil shipments to Britain and France, the Oil Ministry said today, in an apparent pre-emptive blow against the European Union's sanctions on Iran's oil exports. The EU imposed tough sanctions against Iran last month, which included a freeze of the country's central bank assets...

Iran Helping
Syria Skirt
Sanctions

Jan 19, 2012 9:17 AM CST

Iran Helping Syria Skirt Sanctions

And Russia is shipping in weapons

(Newser) - Iran is quietly helping Syria evade US and European Union sanctions by selling its oil on the international market, US officials have discovered. Transit records show that one shipment last month saw more than 91000 metric tons of crude sent to Iran, the Wall Street Journal reports. An Iranian spokesman...

Amid Sanctions,
Iranians Expect War

Jan 6, 2012 11:29 AM CST

Amid Sanctions, Iranians Expect War

Iran announces new Strait of Hormuz exercises

(Newser) - Western officials are fairly sanguine that Iran's recent provocations are only posturing. But on the streets of Tehran, sanctions are taking a real toll, and the populace expects violence, the Washington Post reports. The country is in the midst of a currency crisis that has made prices shoot up...

US Sanctions Batter
Iran's Currency

Jan 3, 2012 4:53 AM CST

US Sanctions Batter Iran's Currency

Ordinary Iranians scrambling to exchange sliding rial

(Newser) - The latest US sanctions against Iran have left Iranians scrambling for American dollars. President Obama has signed a bill placing Iran's central bank under sanctions, a move that sent Iran's currency tumbling 12% to a record low against the dollar. The rial has now lost 35% of its...

Iran Threatens to
Block Flow of Gulf Oil

Dec 28, 2011 7:52 AM CST

Iran Threatens to Block Flow of Gulf Oil

...if US, EU impose sanctions

(Newser) - A blustering Iran yesterday threatened to choke the flow of oil through the Gulf's Strait of Hormuz if the West imposes sanctions on its oil exports—sanctions that the the White House is prepping and the EU is considering as a way to punish the country for its nuclear...

Iran Admits It: Sanctions Hurt

Dec 20, 2011 2:14 PM CST

Iran Admits It: Sanctions Hurt

Oil production is down thanks to lack of foreign investment

(Newser) - Iran likes to feign indifference in the face of Western economic sanctions, but the strains are starting to show, the New York Times observes, with the country’s deputy oil minister openly acknowledging yesterday that oil production was declining “due to lack of investment in oil field development.”...

Arab League Sanctions Syria

Nov 27, 2011 9:22 AM CST

Arab League Sanctions Syria

Syria calls move a betrayal of Arab solidarity

(Newser) - The Arab League has approved sanctions against Syria to pressure the regime to end its deadly eight-month crackdown on dissent. Damascus slammed the move as a betrayal of Arab solidarity. At a press conference in Cairo, Qatar Foreign Minister Hamad bin Jassim said 19 of the League's 22 member...

Obama: Assad
'Slaughtering'
His People,
Must Go

Aug 18, 2011 9:54 AM CDT

Obama: Assad 'Slaughtering' His People, Must Go

US to announce new sanctions against Syria later today

(Newser) - After weeks of brutal violence that has left more than 2,000 Syrians dead, President Obama today called for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to resign for the first time and announced new sanctions against the country, reports the AP . "We have consistently said that President Assad must lead a...

Chavez Jokes
About Missiles
Aimed at US

Jun 1, 2011 1:39 AM CDT

Chavez Jokes About Missiles Aimed at US

Venezuelan leader slams new US sanctions

(Newser) - Poking fun at American fears about Venezuela's ties with Iran and irked by new sanctions, Hugo Chavez quipped about having missiles pointed at the US. "Here they are," he said, holding up a picture of windmills along the country's coast. "They are pointing directly at...