...However, the chances that sanctions will have more convincing effects are very slim, too. Their aim is "to deny Iran the ability to support acts of international...fund the development and acquisition of weapons of 30. Udo Steinbach, "Germany and the Gulf," in Shahram Chubin, ed., Germany and the Middle East: Patterns...

...institutions outside of Iran to promote terrorist acts179. Congress furthermore declares "that it is the policy of the United States to deny Iran the ability to support acts of international terrorism ... by limiting the development of Iran's ability to explore for, extract, refine, or transport by...

...European or other foreign firms which invest in Iran. As set forth in its Section 3, ILSA's purpose is "to deny Iran the ability to support acts of international...development and acquisition of weapons of mass destruction [WMD] and the means to deliver them by limiting the development of Iran's" petroleum industry. Any...

...sanctions, investment restrictions, and other economic curbs with the declared objective of denying Iran "the ability to support acts of international...weapons of mass destruction and the means to deliver them."5 The consensus over ILSA, however, began to crack soon thereafter. In the spring of 1998, the...

...measures to further the legislative objectives of section 3 of ILSA with respect to Iran (that is, to deny Iran the ability to support acts of international terrorism and fund the development and acquisition of weapons of mass destruction and the means to deliver them by...