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U.S. Announces Actions to Enforce Iran Sanctions
(New York Times) Rich Gladstone - The U.S. government escalated enforcement of its Iran sanctions on Tuesday, adding eight Chinese companies, a Dubai company and two Dubai-based executives to blacklists for evading American restrictions on Iranian weapons, oil and banking transactions. The announcements signaled the first significant enforcement of American sanctions directed at Iran in three months, and seemed aimed at dispelling what Obama administration officials have called a misimpression that economic relations with Iran are moving toward normalization. Despite a temporary accord on Iran's nuclear program that eased some sanctions, administration officials have emphasized that most restraints on dealings with Iran remain in place.