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A 15 page contention that while economic sanctions in this case correlated with the release of the hostages, they cannot be credited with that release. Bibliography lists 12 sources.
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Economic sanctions are frequently utilized in international politics as a means of bringing one nation into step with the expectations of others. While sanctions are effective in some
situations, however, they are not effective in others. The economic sanctions unleashed against Iran by the United States are an excellent example of the contention that, while they may
appear effective in the short term, economic sanctions are too often ineffective in the long term. The reasons for this in Irans case at least revolve around the ideology
that drives the country in general. It is the same ideology that drives Islam and that ideology is essentially impervious to economic sanctions.
U.S. sanctions were initially levied against Iran after the take-over of the U.S. embassy in Tehran in November 1979 (Frannssen and Morton, 2002). Then President Jimmy Carter immediately
issued Proclamation 4702 to ban Iran from exporting oil to the U.S. (Frannssen and Morton, 2002). Executive Order 12170 followed ten days later (Frannssen and Morton, 2002). It
froze all U.S. property in the ownership of the Central Bank and Government of Iran (Frannssen and Morton, 2002). Just a few months later Carter followed up with Executive
Orders 12205 and 12211 which, respectively, restricted U.S. exports to/financial transactions with Iran and banned imports from and travel to Iran (Frannssen and Morton, 2002).
Carter was able to act swiftly in 1979 because of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act specifically authorizes the President to respond to an "unusual and
extraordinary" threat to: "the national security, foreign policy, or economy of the United States,
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