The most punishing sanctions by the United States, until the 2012 sanctions against Iran, had been against Cuba, North Korea, and Iraq. Iran has replaced Saddam Hussein’s Iraq as the most sanctioned nation on the globe. . ..…
Disturbed with the rule of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, and infuriated by the hostage taking of 52 of U.S by Islamic students and militants, President Jimmy Carter froze several billions of dollars Iranian bank deposits, gold and other properties, and followed with embargo on trade with and travel to..…