What do the sanctions target?

Providing necessary equipment, expertise, or funding are all grounds for sanctions.

Swath of the economy affected

The assets of entities and individuals abroad belonging to Iranian persons or groups linked to the nuclear program will be frozen.

Anyone violating the sanctions regime could see their assets frozen worldwide.

The EU had its own sanctions

Their goal was to hit the Iranian economy, not only to hamper nuclear activity but also to inflict fiscal pain to force Tehran to comply.

The United States already imposes its own sanctions, including ones to prohibit other countries from buying Iranian oil, after President Donald Trump withdrew from the nuclear deal in his first term.

How does ‘snapback’ take effect?

It will be up to the EU and Britain to pass legislation so that the sanctions can be enforced, but neither has given details on that process.

How are sanctions enforced?

The sanctions “finally exposed the West’s policy of sabotaging the pursuit of constructive solutions in the UN Security Council, as well as its desire to extract unilateral concessions from Tehran through blackmail and pressure,” Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov said.