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Court Rulings, Political Winds Complicate U.S.-EU Efforts to Sanction Iran
By Colby Adams
printAmerican elections, EU court decisions and a potential wind-down of negotiations with Iran are complicating efforts by the United States and Europe to maintain uniformity in sanctions enforcement, say analysts. On Tuesday, the General Court of the EU overturned sanctions against Safa Nicu Sepahan, a Tehran-based communications company blacklisted in May 2011 for its purported involvement in the Iranian government's alleged development of nuclear weapons. Citing a lack of evidence for the designation, the court ordered the 28-nation bloc to pay the Safa Nicu Sepahan 50,000 euros in compensation for reputational damage incurred by the company, which originally sued for over...
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