Is Europe's Sanctions' Sword Hanging over Iran Losing its Edge?

摘要

The nuclear truce being negotiated between Iraq ai European union spearheaded by the US has been straining the nerves of all concerned. Europe, said sources, was running out of leeway to increase sanctions if talks on the Iranian nuclear program were to fail. International sanctions were first introduced against Iran in 1979 after the Islamic revolution and the hostage crisis at the U.S. embassy in Tehran. By the next year, U.S. trade was worth less than $500 million while for European countries, it was more than s 10 billion.