Sentence examples for intense sanctions from inspiring English sources

Under the intense sanctions of recent years, the cost of cancer treatment in Iran has skyrocketed.

But Mr. Biden, who has a lengthy record on foreign policy, is likely to push back, both by citing the intense sanctions regime imposed by the United States and by pointing out the similarities between Mr. Romney's stated policy and the one the White House is pursuing.

During the period of intense sanctions that began in 2010, Iran couldn't get access to many products, from foreign auto parts to certain medicines.

Iran has since been the object of intense international sanctions, campaigns of murder and sabotage, and threats of war, all on account of its secretive nuclear plans.

Given that Syria is already under intense economic sanctions and the prospect of international intervention is nowhere on the horizon, it would behoove opponents of negotiations to offer a counter-proposal for ending this conflict.

While Libya gave up its nuclear program, North Korea and Iran have not, despite intense international pressure, sanctions, and repeated offers of incentives to do so.

It seems that Washington believes that the intense and deepening sanctions on Iran will be enough to get 20% enrichment halted and stop the clock on Israeli military action.

"We are only attempting to end the genocide through political and economic pressures such as sanctions and intense diplomatic engagement," the letter read.

The Obama administration spent much of the year pressing Mr. Netanyahu and Mr. Barak to hold back on military action against Iran in favor of severe sanctions and intense diplomacy, though the issue receded somewhat after Mr. Netanyahu said in a speech to the United Nations on Sept. 27 that the moment of truth would come next spring or summer, not in 2012.

As a result, the Iranian leadership is under intense pressure to get sanctions lifted and Rouhani has made it a prime objective to tackle them, meaning his diplomatic efforts with the US have already been welcomed by some at home.

The story of this colleague, who overturned his ideology at breakneck speed, came to mind lately on reading the intense controversy over the work sanction against the Radio Holguin journalist Jose Ramirez Pantoja.