The phrase "aggravated sanctions" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts discussing penalties or punitive measures that have been intensified or made more severe.
Example: "The government imposed aggravated sanctions on the country due to its continued violations of international law."
Alternatives: "increased sanctions" or "enhanced sanctions".
Iran's economy faces severe and long-standing structural problems that have been aggravated by the sanctions – even if it remains a taboo to link the two explicitly.
Another, Masoud Fatemi, who makes cotton thread and textiles, said that Western sanctions had aggravated pre-existing economic problems.
International economic sanctions have aggravated problems, many here say, leading to a record gap between rich and poor in Iran.
Economists and independent analysts say the sanctions have aggravated the country's chronic economic problems and fueled a currency crisis that is limiting the availability of a broad array of goods, including illegally imported iPhones and life-saving medicines.
Cheaper oil has aggravated the impact of sanctions and persistent economic weakness.
Russia is also suffering an economic downturn aggravated by Western economic sanctions over the conflict in Ukraine, with the rouble falling nearly 30percentt against the U.S. dollar this year.
An official youth unemployment rate of 28% and inflation running at 42% a year, both aggravated by American and European economic sanctions, have helped to turn ever more Iranians to hard drugs.
In most cases, sanctions and embargos even aggravated the global humanitarian situation, while strengthening the iron grip of dictators, their entourage, and accelerating their assets-diverting strategies.
The deaths, reported on the Baku radio, became known as the Soviet Govenment disclosed that local officials aggravated the refugee flood, with Azerbaijani officials sanctioning the eviction of Armenians and Armenian officials allowing the ouster of Azerbaijanis.
The current sanctions against Iran have slashed the value of its currency, aggravated its already high inflation rate and cut many of its financial ties to the rest of the world.
The trade sanctions imposed by the United Nations after the Persian Gulf war in 1991 aggravated the problem, making it difficult for companies even to get permission to import new equipment.
