Sentence examples for massive sanctions from inspiring English sources

It was in late January that Kantor warned the Chinese that the US might impose massive sanctions.

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(Iran's stubborn behavior in the face of massive sanctions of course makes the most sense only if it intends to create its own nuclear weapons at some point, as I believe it does).

Even under the pressure of massive economic sanctions, Iran was continuing to build its nuclear infrastructure.

The E.U. was Iran's largest trade partner until 2012, when the Obama administration cobbled together a massive international sanctions regime on the Islamic Republic ― even bringing along China and Russia ― to force it to make concessions on the nuclear issue.

Before his appointment he had pointed to "massive, officially sanctioned corruption" as one of the country's biggest problems.

In the past, Mr. Holbrooke has written — as he did in a column in The Washington Post last spring — that in Afghanistan, "massive, officially sanctioned corruption and the drug trade are the most serious problems the country faces, and they offer the Taliban its only exploitable opportunity to gain support".

It was a massive campaign of sanctions and I was livid.

Adam Szubin, undersecretary of the Treasury Department, testified to the committee that Iran "remains under massive strain" under sanctions.

Iran is cash rich thanks to the end of sanctions; massive investment from China promises to transform the fortunes of Pakistan and many of the states of Central Asia.

A massive series of sanctions and consequences which, frequent official updates show, and the 'eye to eye' rhetoric imply, that apparently make the cabinet proud.