international commerce
Iran &quot;sanctions&quot;?
<p>In the news I keep hearing about "sanctions" on Iran. For example, <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-oil-exports-idUSKCN0YR0XU" rel="nofollow">one article published today</a>, said that "sanctions were lifted", but that "some sanctions still remain". Such news stories are invariably vague about exactly what these "sanctions" are. US law? EU law? UN resolution? What?</p>

<p>How can I find out exactly what these "sanctions" are and their terms?</p>

<p>From the US perspective, a readable summary of what the internet believes can be found <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._sanctions_against_Iran" rel="nofollow">here</a>. For access to more authoritative documents, a good starter would be the <a href="http://www.state.gov/e/eb/tfs/spi/iran/index.htm" rel="nofollow">State Department page</a>. A summary of relevant statutes are <a href="http://www.state.gov/e/eb/tfs/spi/iran/statutes/index.htm" rel="nofollow">found here</a>, and executive orders <a href="http://www.state.gov/e/eb/tfs/spi/iran/eo/index.htm" rel="nofollow">are here</a>. Treasury also has <a href="https://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/sanctions/Programs/Pages/iran.aspx" rel="nofollow">a page</a> with lots of information on Iran sanctions. I'm not sure there is any way to get an exhaustive and definitive list, but this is a start.</p>
