VOL. XLII

No. 18

3-May-1999

IRAN

Clinton Eases Food Sanctions, While Treasury Rejects MobilRequest For Oil Swap With Iran

US sanctions policy took one step forward and two steps backwhen, in a surprising policy shift, the Clinton administration announced on 28April that the US will exempt commercial sales of agricultural commodities andproducts, as well as medicine and medical equipment, from future unilateralExecutive Branch economic sanctions, and will extend this policy to existingsanctions...