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Source: http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/mideast/RS20871.pdf
Sanctions Not Stopping Iran
(Congressional Research Service) Kenneth Katzman - The principal objective of international sanctions - to compel Iran to verifiably confine its nuclear program to purely peaceful uses - has not been achieved to date. However, a broad international coalition has imposed progressively strict economic sanctions on Iran's oil export lifeline, producing increasingly severe effects on Iran's economy. Department of Defense and other assessments indicate that sanctions have not stopped Iran from building up its conventional military and missile capabilities, in large part with indigenous skills. However, sanctions may be slowing Iran's nuclear program somewhat by preventing Iran from obtaining some needed technology from foreign sources.