sanctions

BNP Paribas pays record $8.9B fine for sanctions busting

BNP Paribas, France’s biggest bank, paid a record $8.9 billion in fines for violating U.S. sanctions on a number of countries, including Iran.

House panel approves expanded Hezbollah sanctions

The House Foreign Affairs Committee approved legislation designed to keep international financial institutions from conducting business with Hezbollah.

Netanyahu, alongside Kerry, implores U.S. to maintain Iran sanctions

Ending sanctions before Iran dismantles its nuclear program would be “tragic,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said ahead of a meeting with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry.

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