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U.S. Imposes New Ballistic Sanctions On Iran, Day After Many Penalties Lifted

11:26am January 17, 2016

by Camila Domonoske

On Saturday, many sanctions on Iran were lifted under the nuclear pact, and the U.S. and Iran exchanged prisoners. On Sunday, the U.S. Treasury announced new sanctions over Iran's weapons program.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry (left) meets with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif (right) in Vienna on Saturday. The International Atomic Energy Agency, or IAEA, has verified that Iran has met all conditions under the nuclear deal.

Implementation Day Arrives: Sanctions On Iran Are Lifted

5:15pm January 16, 2016

by Merrit Kennedy

The International Atomic Energy Agency has announced that Iran has shrunk its nuclear program enough to have sanctions lifted. From banking to pistachios, here's a look at what will happen next.

The state-run Iran-Khodro plant manufactures vehicles including the Peugeot 206 car, shown on a production line in 2014 near Tehran. Iran's robust auto industry was built in response to sanctions.

World News

When Sanctions Lift, How Will Iran Spend Its Billions?

4:57pm July 23, 2015

by Peter Kenyon

Once Tehran takes steps to roll back its nuclear program, an estimated $100 billion in frozen overseas assets will become available. Iran has many needs to meet with its battered economy.

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American tourists, like these visitors taking a guided tour in May, still have to provide one of 12 authorized reasons â such as visiting family or engaging in humanitarian work â for travel to Cuba.

U.S.-Cuba Ties Are Restored, But Most American Tourists Will Have To Wait

5:36pm July 22, 2015

by Michele Kelemen

Now that Cuba and the United States have restored full diplomatic ties, what will it take to lift sanctions impeding business and travel?

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A man walks past a poster advertising travel to Tehran, Iran, in Los Angeles on July 14. A nuclear deal between Iran and six world powers lifts some sanctions against Iran, but most U.S. sanctions will remain in place.

What Lifting Iran's Sanctions Means For U.S. Businesses

10:01pm July 19, 2015

by John Ydstie

The recent nuclear deal covers only a fraction of U.S. sanctions against Iran; most of the restrictions on businesses will stay in place. But there are exceptions. Who will benefit?

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Dollar bills are reflected in a computer hard drive.

National

U.S. Creates First Sanctions Program Against Cybercriminals

1:18pm April 01, 2015

by Jackie Northam

President Obama signed a new executive order that will allow the administration to freeze the assets of any individual or group involved in "malicious" cyberattacks.

President Obama says new sanctions will target Venezuelan figures who have helped repress human rights. Here, opposition leader Maria Corina Machado (center) marched with opponents of President Nicolas Maduro in Caracas to mark International Women's Day.

Obama Imposes Sanctions On Venezuela, Invoking Emergency Powers

5:06pm March 09, 2015

by Bill Chappell

Citing an "erosion of human rights guarantees," President Obama issues an executive order imposing sanctions on members of Venezuela's military and intelligence services.

North Korea: New Sanctions Prove U.S. 'Inveterate Repugnancy'

3:05pm January 04, 2015

by Scott Neuman

The statement by an unnamed foreign ministry official in Pyongyang comes two days after President Obama slapped new sanctions on the hard-line regime.

President Vladimir Putin speaks in Moscow on Dec. 23. Russia's current economic crisis stems from Western sanctions and diving oil prices.

Sanctions Intensify Russia's Free Fall Into Economic Crisis

11:39am December 31, 2014

by Jim Zarroli

The Russian economy took a big hit in 2014. The U.S. and other countries imposed economic sanctions after Russia annexed Crimea, but it was falling oil prices that really hurt the country.

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National

The U.S. Says North Korea Ordered The Sony Hack. How Do We Respond?

9:07pm December 17, 2014

The cyberattack successfully achieved its unusually public goals. The question, reporter David Sanger says, is how the United States can punish what already is the world's most-sanctioned nation.

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