Trump extends 'national emergency' on Iran for another year
US President Donald Trump has renewed his "national emergency" against Iran for another year by signing an order to Congress.
The renewed order states that relations between Washington and Tehran have not yet normalized, and the process of implementing the agreements dated January 19, 1981 with Iran is still ongoing.
This decree was extended again on November 12 and will come into effect again on November 14.
In a statement published on the White House website, Mr. Trump emphasized that he considers it necessary to continue the national emergency in Executive Order 12170 regarding Iran.
The extension of this status means a continuation of the current policy since the issuance of Executive Order 12170 under former US President Jimmy Carter.
Jimmy Carter issued Executive Order 12170 and imposed sanctions against Iran following the attack on the US embassy in Tehran by students from the group known as the Imam's Line in November 1979, the occupation of the embassy, and the taking of its staff hostage.
On January 19, 1981, an agreement was reached between Iran and the United States in Algiers, aimed at ending the hostage crisis involving the American embassy staff in Tehran. The embassy staff were released after 444 days of captivity and returned to their country.
In 1995, during the presidency of Bill Clinton, Executive Order 12957 was issued against Iran.
In the initial sanctions order against Tehran, Mr. Clinton banned American business cooperation in Iran's oil and gas industry, and two months later extended it to any type of trade with Iran.
In previous years, other US presidents have extended the "national emergency" decree on Iran for another year.
Source: Radio Farda
