VOL. XXXIX

No. 4

23-October-1995

IRAN

US Sanctions Against Iran

The following are excerpts from an unofficial transcript of the hearing held on 11 October by Senator Alfonse D'Amato (R-NY), Chairman of the Banking, House and Urban Affairs Committee, on sanctions against Iran. Senator D'Amato announced that he would hold off from pressing ahead with the bill to impose US trade sanctions on foreign companies supplying oil and gas equipment to Iran. The Clinton administration opposed the bill...