Obama administration expands sanctions against Iran

The Obama administration on Wednesday expanded sanctions against Iran, adding four subsidiaries and a person all connected to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard to the list of those facing business limitations.

The move comes as Iran has signaled it is stepping up its nuclear program and President Obama said this week that the United States was considering more sanctions as a way of forcing the Islamic Republic to give up its nuclear ambitions.

At a news conference, Obama said the United States was hopeful that Russia and China would go along.

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Photo: Members of Iran's Revolutionary Guard attend the first day of celebrations marking the anniversary of the Islamic revolution at the Behesht-e Zahra cemetery in Tehran on Feb. 1. Credit: Atta Kenare / AFP/Getty Images

Comments

[Cyrus]

What makes the Americans think Iran *wants* to do business with them or any of their American-military-occupied "allies" ?

China has 1,335 million people and a red-hot economy.
India has 1,177 million people and a growing economy.
Just doing business with these two countries would be fine - but there are plenty of other countries that aren't in the dying American empire.

China is close to breakout status - they will not be bribed into going along with US sanction nonsense. China will veto, and the US will just make its economy weaker, like when they embargoed Cuba - now Cuba has discovered lots of oil, and the US is losing out.

Bilateral-sanction all you want, and your loser friends, too.