Paris: Iran is one of the world’s most restrictive countries, with Western powers using punitive measures to push for change over the past four decades.
On Tuesday, Tehran said it would respond to the latest sanctions imposed by the European Union (EU) and Britain to deal with months of protests sparked by deaths in custody. Mehsa Amini.
Here is a timeline of the sanctions imposed:
1979: Revenge of the hostage crisis
In November 1979, Iranian revolutionary students stunned the world by storming the US embassy in Tehran and taking 52 hostages.
In 1980, in the middle of the 444-day crisis, Washington cut diplomatic ties with Iran and imposed trade and travel restrictions.
1983: Beirut bombings blacklist
In 1983, the United States was shocked after a suicide truck bombing killed 241 Marines in Beirut, the capital of Lebanon. Minutes later, a second bombing killed 58 French soldiers.
In 1984, the United States blacklisted Iran as a “state sponsor of terrorism” for its suspected role in the attacks.
Three years later, in 1987, then-US President Ronald Reagan embargoed all Iranian imports and halted some US exports to the country due to attacks on US ships in the Gulf.
1995: US trade embargo
In 1995, US President Bill Clinton accused Iran of sponsoring terrorism and ordered full trade and financial sanctions against it.
Foreign companies investing in Iran’s oil sector are targeted.
In 2002, US President George W. Bush added Iran to his list of countries on the “Axis of Evil” that support terrorism.
2005: UN nuclear sanctions
After newly elected hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad lifted the ban on uranium enrichment in 2005, fears that Iran was trying to develop nuclear weapons intensified.
Between 2006 and 2010, the United Nations adopted four rounds of economic and trade sanctions and asset freezes against entities linked to Iran’s nuclear and ballistic programs.
In 2008, Washington banned US banks from acting as intermediaries in money transfers with Iran.
Iran, which has always denied any ambitions to develop a nuclear bomb, also has an arms embargo and loans to Tehran are limited.
2010-12: More financial woes
Between 2010 and 2012, retaliatory measures are announced against foreign groups investing in Iran’s vital oil sector, and the automobile industry is also targeted.
The European Union banned technical assistance or the transfer of oil technology to Iran, imposed an oil embargo and froze hundreds of assets of Iran’s central bank.
2015: Nuclear deal
historical The deal was done In 2015, world powers agreed to gradually lift sanctions on Iran’s nuclear program since 2006.
In 2018, then US President Donald Trump go away by agreement.
Trump reimposed sanctions on Iran and companies linked to it, targeting the central bank and the oil sector as a tactic to “maximize pressure” on Washington’s adversary.
In April 2019, Washington nominates. Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps is a terrorist organization.
Following the election of US President Joe Biden in 2021, Washington began indirect EU-brokered talks with Iran in Vienna to revive the nuclear deal.
2022-23: Punished for the crackdown.
Washington and Brussels have imposed new sanctions after Iran. Brutal crackdown On September 16, 2022, Mahsa Amini was arrested by the notorious Morality Police over the massive women-led protests that erupted after her death.
On January 23, 2023, the European Union targeted several IRGC leaders in a fourth round of sanctions on repression.