Articles from August 2010:
EU Sanctions against Iran
16 August 2010
Posted in Blog
Tagged: Europe, Iran, sanctions, shipping, trade
Following the CISADA sanctions, the UN, EU and UK have issued separate sanctions against Iran along similar lines. The EU sanctions ban European companies from investing in Iran’s oil and gas industries, while restricting trade and financial links including barring any European company from providing insurance services to Iranian entities. The EU sanctions go further [...]
Read more »Sanctions against Iran
9 August 2010
Posted in Blog
Tagged: insurers, Iran, sanctions
Earlier this year, the President of the United States signed legislation known as the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability and Divestment Act of 2010 (CISADA). The sanctions prohibit the trade of petroleum products to Iran and seek to limit the provision of “goods, services, technology, information or support that could directly and significantly facilitate the maintenance [...]
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