VOL. XLV

No 20

20-May-2002

IRAN

US Threatens Chinese, Armenian And Moldovan Firms With Sanctions Over IranContracts

TheGeorge W Bush Administration intends to impose sanctions against a number ofChinese, Armenian and Moldovan companies which have sold equipment to Iran, under the Iran Nonproliferation Act of 2000, which wasenacted in a bid to prevent Iran acquiring nuclear weapons technology. US State DepartmentSpokesman Richard Boucher told journalists on 9 May that the department haddelivered a...