USA uses the language of the sanctions in relations with Iran. It puts various sanctions on the countries and companies which deal with Iran.
As Associated Press writes the Obama administration on Tuesday exempted 10 European Union countries and Japan from U.S. economic sanctions because they have significantly reduced their purchases of petroleum from Iran.
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton granted waivers to Belgium, Britain, the Czech Republic, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Spain and Japan, meaning that banks and other financial institutions based there will not be hit with penalties under U.S. law for a renewable period of 180 days.
US President Barack Obama has until March 30 to determine whether oil prices and supplies are sufficient to levy sanctions later this year on countries that still buy oil from Iran. Pending that decision, another 12 nations — including India, China and South Korea — that are deemed to be major importers of Iranian oil have until June 28 to take similar steps or face sanctions. Administration officials believe granting some exemptions before officially authorizing the sanctions could motivate other countries that buy oil from Iran to reduce their purchases.
The sanctions target foreign financial institutions that do business with Iran‘s central bank by barring them from opening or maintaining correspondent operations in the United States. It would apply to foreign central banks only for transactions that involve the sale or purchase of petroleum or petroleum products.
In a statement, Clinton lauded the countries granted exemptions, noting that the actions they had taken to reduce their imports from Iran “were not easy.”
USA believes that the economical sanctions will make Iran refuse the nuclear enrichment program. But Iran has announced for many times that the program is just for the peace civilian needs and it will not be stopped. Iranian authorities continue to announce that they are ready to protect the Motherland and no sanction will press them.
Iran itself refused to provide oil to some European countries before the EU sanction will start to work against it.
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