VOL. XXXIX

No. 24

11-March-1996

IRAN

US Urges Europe To Toughen Economic Measures Against Iran

In the wake of the series of bombings in Israel last week by Islamic militant groups, the US administration has increased the pressure on European states to cut their economic ties with Iran, which it considers to be the major supporter of terrorism in the Middle East. The US Congress is also taking a series of measures that would impose new sanctions on other foreign countries, among them...