Timeline:Sanctions

Dated events for Sanctions, generated from the archive. Each line is one headline as it was recorded.

2026-08-25

• Iran vows to retaliate after US widens sanctions - almonitor
• US economic D-Day sanctions: 'Repeated bombing attacks across Iran failed to change the calculus' - France 24
• US’ latest anti-Iranian sanctions fail to instill promised awe — media - TASS, Russian state

2026-08-24

• In 'warning shot,' US threatens sanctions on Iran’s trading partners - almonitor
• US announces expansion of sanctions in 'economic onslaught' on Iran - almonitor

2026-08-23

• 'Masha and the Bear': Ukraine sanctions Russian cartoon - DW
• DRC: Ex-president Kabila challenges US sanctions in court - africanews
• Iran’s government signals fuel price hike on eve of new US sanctions - aljazeera
• U.S. Sanctions Smuggling Network for Qods Force and Hizballah - US State Dept
• US redesignates Hezbollah as Iranian proxy, sanctions cash-smuggling network - Ynet
• US sanctions against Iran will backfire on US economy, Iranian parliament speaker warns - TASS, Russian state
• US says sanctions will 'squash' Iran's economy and 'collapse' its regime - bbc_me

2026-08-22

• U.S. and Iran keep up hostile rhetoric ahead of new sanctions - The Japan Times

2026-08-21

• U.S. Pressures Allies to Join Iran Sanctions, Demands Clear Stance - 조선일보 - gnews

2026-08-18

• US sanctions international criminal court president and prosecutor - The Guardian

2026-06-09

• 6 Countries Announce Sanctions Targeting Israeli Settler Networks - The New York Times

2026-06-06

• Gaza is a step away from catastrophe - ynet.co.il

2026-05-01

• Recalling Damascus on the Hudson - The Broadsheet

2026-04-26

• Damascus, Scatter Brain, and New Faces - The Trek

2026-04-17

• Damascus, MD - gnews

2026-04-15

• Discover - Twin Cities PBS

2026-03-25

• Acknowledgments - Pew Research Center
• The Choking of Hormuz - The New York Times

2026-03-05

• Whither Palestine and the Palestinians? - Arab Center Washington DC

2026-02-27

• Shipping Tribune - shippingtribune.com

2026-02-10

• Cutting Through the Fog of War (and Peace) in Syria - The Washington Institute
• US imposes new Hezbollah sanctions targeting gold exchange firm - Al Jazeera

2026-01-15

• Statement from Spain and France on Turkey. - haber7.com

2026-01-01

• Iran starts 2026 facing protests, inflation and sanctions - DW.com

2025-12-12

• Msayleh - Human Rights Watch

2025-12-08

• Baraa in Syria - Al Jazeera

2025-11-19

• Organization of Defensive Innovation and Research (SPND) - Iran Watch

2025-11-18

• Hamas - Middle East Institute

2025-11-14

• Iran seeks UN probe, sanctions, reparations over June attacks - Straight Arrow

2025-11-12

• US Treasury issues Iran-related missile and drone sanctions - Al-Monitor - gnews

2025-11-06

• Trump says Iran has been asking if US sanctions can be lifted - Reuters

2025-11-02

• Syrian leader to discuss lifting sanctions, reconstruction in 'historic' US visit - France 24

2025-11-01

• Saudi billions poised for Syria but US sanctions remain a barrier - Reuters

2025-10-26

• Javad Naeimi: Mossad Spy or a Victim? - WANA News Agency

2025-10-21

• Iran's Gen Z cornered by crackdowns, sanctions and conflict - DW.com

2025-10-14

• Hanwha Group takes stock of shock China sanctions on its US companies - TradeWinds News
• “It’s like a nightmare”: War and sanctions push Iranian workers to the brink - The New Humanitarian

2025-10-13

• Poor Syria - Arab American Institute

2025-10-07

• Opinion | Return of Iran sanctions a moment of reckoning for China and the world - South China Morning Post

2025-10-01

• Focus on the Druze - Jewish Policy Center
• Gas and Geopolitics in the Eastern Mediterranean - Arab Center Washington DC

2025-09-26

• Israel - General Debate

2025-09-24

• Returning to Yarmouk - Jewish Currents
• Russia/Ukraine Sanctions Update - Month of September 2025 - Mayer Brown

2025-09-22

• Syria's Sharaa, in New York, renews call for US to formally drop sanctions - Reuters

2025-09-17

• Ecocide, Imperialism and Palestine Liberation - Transnational Institute
• History of the Kaaba - TRT World

2025-09-05

• Discontent Amid Despair - Riddle Russia

2025-08-30

• EU countries divided on Israel sanctions as foreign ministers meet - Al Jazeera

2025-08-29

• Rubio says US open to ‘direct engagement’ with Iran as Europeans restore sanctions - arabnews.jp - gnews
• UK, France and Germany move to reimpose UN sanctions on Iran - BBC
• UK, France and Germany urge Iran to agree deal to delay UN sanctions - Reuters

2025-08-26

• Europe and Iran fail to agree on how to avoid reviving UN sanctions - Euronews.com
• Iran, Europeans meet in Geneva as sanctions threat looms - Reuters
• US Treasury removes Syria from sanctions list, opening door to business ties - The Arab Weekly
• Ukraine, Land Swaps, and Patriotic Assassination - Cato Institute

2025-08-25

• Talking and Fighting Intersect in Gaza - The Soufan Center

• According to Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter, only the UN Security Council has a mandate by the international community to apply sanctions (Article 41) that must be complied with by all UN member states (Article 2,2). - Wikipedia
• Although lifted in 1981, they were reimposed in 1987 and progressively expanded through successive US executive orders and legislation. - Wikipedia
• However, if sanctions do not lead to the diplomatic settlement of a conflict, the use of force can be authorized by the Security Council separately under Article 42. - Wikipedia
• International sanctions against Iran are a set of punitive economic and diplomatic measures imposed by the United Nations, and also unilaterally by the United States, the European Union, and numerous other countries and international bodies. - Wikipedia
• International sanctions are measures that can be used by individual countries or multilateral and regional organizations against other states or organizations. - Wikipedia
• Iran was the most heavily sanctioned country in the world until Russia surpassed it following the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. - Wikipedia
• Sanctions do not include the use of military force. - Wikipedia
• The United Nations Security Council imposed multilateral sanctions beginning in December 2006 under United Nations Security Council Resolution 1737, after Iran refused to halt its uranium enrichment programme. - Wikipedia
• The first American sanctions were imposed in November 1979 after radical students seized the United States Embassy in Tehran. - Wikipedia
• These decisions principally include the temporary imposition on a target of economic, trade, diplomatic, cultural or other restrictions (sanctions measures). - Wikipedia
• These sanctions have been applied across successive decades in response to a range of Iranian policies, including its nuclear programme, alleged support for terrorism, human rights violations, and its military conduct in the Persian Gulf. - Wikipedia
• They serve as the international community's most powerful peaceful means to prevent threats to international peace and security or to settle them. - Wikipedia