The U.S. recently announced some important updates related to U.S. sanctions affecting Iran and Russia:
Iran. On May 8, 2018, President Donald Trump announced his decision to cease U.S. participation in the Joint...more
Recently, many revisions to U.S. sanction programs (both implemented and under consideration) have been the topic of much public discussion. Often, the legal status or these revisions may be difficult to determine....more
Implementation Day for the Iranian JCPOA -
January 16, 2016 marked Implementation Day for the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), as the US Secretary of State confirmed that the International Atomic Energy Agency...more
Recently, Standard Chartered Bank (SCB) was in the news again for stripping original wire details so that payments would go undetected by the U.S. Department of Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC)....more