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Syria-Trinity Custer

trinitycusters18 — 2023-11-16 19:57:25 UTC

Syria's economic embargo began August 2011. The United States had placed an embargo on the oil sector for Syria. This froze the financial assets of a number of personalities.

Cuba

2023-11-16 19:57:57 UTC

Name of Country: Cuba
Year economic sanction/embargo began: February 1962
Reason for economic sanction/embargo: Again on October 19, 1960, almost two years after the Cuban Revolution had led to the deposition of the Batista regime, the U.S. placed an embargo on exports to Cuba except for food and medicine after Cuba nationalized the US-owned Cuban oil
refineries without compensation.
Effects of economic sanction/embargo: It's raised the cost of medicine and food rationing.

Iran

2023-11-16 20:13:19 UTC

Name of country: Iran
Year economic sanction/embargo began: The United States sanctions against Iran were imposed in November 1979 after radical students seized the American Embassy in Tehran and took hostages.
Reason for economic sanction/embargo: The European Union along with United States have imposed sanctions against Iran over the controversies around Iranian nuclear program.
Effects of economic sanction/embargo: They also argued that denying resources to the Iranian government decreased its ability to finance its missile programs, international terrorism, and destabilizing regional interventions, key pillars of Iran's foreign and defense policies.