Sentence examples for narrower sanctions from inspiring English sources

The new strategy General Powell is devising would focus on enforcing narrower sanctions rather than on seeking a military overthrow.

The legislation, named the Nuclear Iran Prevention Act, also would penalize foreign companies and individuals that violate the American sanctions by threatening them with restrictions on doing business with the United States, a coercive tactic integrated into earlier, narrower sanctions.

In a move that demonstrates a nuanced approach to foreign policy, the U.S. Treasury Department has begun to rely increasingly on narrower sanctions that are targeted at specific individuals and behavior.

PARIS — The European Union moved closer to imposing a phased oil embargo on Iran and some form of narrow sanctions against transactions with Iran's central bank, European and French diplomats said on Friday.

Page A4 OIL EMBARGO OF IRAN NEARS The European Union moved closer to imposing a phased oil embargo on Iran and some form of narrow sanctions on transactions with Iran's central bank, European and French diplomats said.

Rosneft itself is subject to narrower U.S. sanctions that still allow Americans to deal with the company on some transactions.

It backed the British call for narrower and deeper sanctions.

He added that secretary of state Colin Powell's efforts to narrow and deepen sanctions against Iraq had failed and there was a "huge bear market" against Donald Rumsfeld, the defence secretary.

Reportedly, Mr Kerry's purpose was to gain Mr Lavrov's confirmation that Russia would indeed take Iran's LEU.Still, possible progress on centrifuge numbers has done nothing to narrow differences over how sanctions would be eased after any deal.

On Iran, the State Department has played little role, while the President's two-track policy of talks and sanctions soon narrowed to one, bringing Iran no closer to abandoning its nuclear ambitions.

In their discussions today, administration officials said, the two leaders took up the question of how to both narrow and strengthen the sanctions against Iraq -- a subject discussed during lunch with General Powell, who left hours later on his first trip to the Middle East as secretary of state.