VOL. XLV

No 30

29-July-2002

IRAN

US Imposes Sanctions On Chinese And IndianExporters To Iran

The US State Department hasdecided to impose sanctions on eight Chinese firms, one Chinese businessman andone Indian individual for exporting goods to Iran includingthree alleged sales of conventional arms and biological and chemical weaponsbetween September 2000 and October 2001. The sanctions are the latest in a seriesof actions by Washington aimed atpreventing Tehran fromacquiring weapons of mass...