On November 13, 2015, the Federal Register published Presidential Notice of November 10, 2015—Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to Iran extending the emergency first declared on November 14, 1979, by Executive Order 12170 by one year because U.S. relations with Iran have not yet returned to normal, and the process of implementing the agreements with Iran, dated January 19, 1981, is still under way.
On November 1, 2015, the Department of State published in the Federal Register a notice [Public Notice: 9337] advising that, pursuant to section 11 of Annex V of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), the Secretary of State has issued waivers and made findings with respect to relevant statutory sanctions. The contingent waivers exercised and findings made by the Secretary pertain to certain sanctions provided for in relevant sections of the Iran Freedom and…
On 21 October 2015 the Federal Council of Switzerland announced that it would also ease its sanctions measures on Implementation Day, in line with the UN and the EU. The Federal Council declared that it welcomed the formal adoption of the JCPOA on 18 October 2015 and the publication of EU and US legislation needed to lift nuclear-related economic and financial sanctions against Iran, noting that this further easing of sanctions would open new…
The Iranian news agency, IRNA, reported that on October 13, 2015, the Iranian Parliament (Majlis)approved implementation of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) that was signed by Iran and the P5+1 (China, France, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States, Germany) supported by the European Union. The vote was 161 in favor, 59 against and 13 abstentions. IRNA reported that on October 14, 2015, the Guardian Council approved passage. The agreement was expected to…