イランの金属輸出産業を標的とした米国の新たな制裁措置

米国トランプ米大統領がイラン包括的共同行動計画（JCPOA）から離脱し、二次的制裁を再開することを表明してから1年後となる2019年5月8日、トランプ大統領はイランの鉄鋼、アルミニウム、銅の各産業を制裁対象とする大統領令に署名しました。

On May 8, 2019, exactly one year after President Trump announced that the United States was withdrawing from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action ("JCPOA") and would re-impose the U.S. secondary sanctions against Iran, President Trump issued an Executive Order "Imposing Sanctions with Respect to the Iron, Steel, Aluminum, and Copper Sectors of Iran."  The Executive Order is not yet numbered but is characterized as "further steps" taken under Executive Order 12957 of March 15, 1995.

As explained in the Executive Order, the new sanctions are imposed to deny Iran all paths to both a nuclear weapon and intercontinental ballistic missiles, and to counter the totality of Iran's malign influence in the Middle East.  Specifically, the United States seeks to deny the Iranian government revenue from the export of iron, steel, aluminum, and copper. 

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