Trump Extends ‘National Emergency’ Status Against Iran for Another Year

Donald Trump, the President of the United States, signed an executive order to Congress, extending the “national emergency” status against Iran for another year.

In renewing this order, it was stated that relations between Washington and Tehran have not yet normalized, and the implementation process of the agreements dated January 19, 1981 with Iran continues.

This order was renewed on November 12 and will become effective again from November 14.

In a statement published on the White House website, Mr. Trump emphasized that it is necessary for the national emergency status in executive order 12170 regarding Iran to continue.

The renewal of this status means the continuation of the established policy since the issuance of order 12170 during the presidency of Jimmy Carter, the former President of the United States, until now.

Jimmy Carter, following the attack by students from a group known as the “Imam’s Line” on the American embassy in Tehran in November 1979, the seizure of the embassy, and the taking of its staff hostage, issued order 12170 and imposed sanctions against Iran.

On January 19, 1981, an agreement was reached between Iran and the United States in Algeria, aimed at ending the crisis resulting from the taking of American embassy staff hostage in Tehran. The embassy staff, after 444 days of captivity, were released and returned to their country.

In 1995, during the presidency of Bill Clinton, executive order 12957 was also imposed against Iran.

Mr. Clinton, in the initial sanctions order against Tehran, prohibited American commercial cooperation in Iran’s oil and gas industry, and two months later extended it to all types of trade with Iran.

In recent years, other Presidents of the United States have renewed the “national emergency” status order regarding Iran for another year.

Source: Radio Farda