Sentence examples for heightened sanctions from inspiring English sources

A senior Obama administration official said this week that while the administration was beginning to discuss what heightened sanctions might look like, the proposed deal to ship part of Iran's uranium stockpile out of the country "may never be taken off the table".

Between talks of a ceasefire, a peace plan and reports of possible heightened sanctions and boycotts, Vladimir Putin's popularity on the domestic front has returned to record highs.

Iran's refusal to deal with the inspectors' questions is likely to increase tension, at a moment of heightened sanctions and after the assassination of nuclear scientists in Iran and suspected retaliation against Israeli diplomats.

In response to heightened sanctions, Iran has threatened to block the Strait of Hormuz, the only sea route out of the Persian Gulf and, according to the US energy department, "the world's most important oil choke".

If the U.S. administration believed that heightened sanctions and pressure would force Pyongyang to abandon its nuclear weapons, "it will count as (its) greatest miscalculation, and it will block the path to denuclearization on the Korean peninsula forever - a result desired by no one," according to the statement.

It may be trying to heighten the sense of crisis in order to insure that the United States, Britain, and other Western powers will go to great lengths to intensify sanctions and exert maximum pressure on Iran in the wake of the new I.A.E.A. report.

American sanctions have heightened pressures on Mr. Assad.

This sanctioned duplication heightened the potential for forgery, illustrated in this exhibit by several pairings of genuine Tiffany lamps and fakes.

Moody's has cut its oil price forecast for next year by $10 a barrel due to continued high levels of supply that may be heightened by the lifting of sanctions against Iran.

Credit rating agency Moody's has cut its oil price forecast for next year by $10, from $53 to $43 a barrel, due to continued high levels of supply that may be heightened by the lifting of sanctions against Iran and the US removing its export ban.

Shares around the world had one of their worst weeks of the year as the potential impact of sanctions added to heightened geopolitical tensions.