VOL. XLI

No. 26

29-June-1998

IRAN

Clinton Vetoes Iran Missile Proliferation Sanctions Act, Congress Plans Override

US President Bill Clinton vetoed the Iran Missile Proliferation Sanctions Act of 1998(HR-2709) on 23 June, saying that "if enacted, (the act) would damage the US nationalinterest, making it harder to achieve the goals it is intended to serve" and that thebill "mandates the sweeping application of sanctions according to inflexible andindiscriminate criteria." The bill, which was...