In the past 20 years, the authors of this study have processed assessments of more than 1500 WTs for the purposes of sanctioning their installation (more than 180 individual construction projects in the Czech Republic, Germany, and USA).
The fundamental purpose of sanctions, they said, "should be bringing states back into the international arena through constructive engagement".
"The purpose of sanctions is to bring the Iranian side to the negotiating table," he said, while praising the initiative taken by Brazil and Turkey.
Mark Dubowitz, an Iran specialist in Washington, said a primary purpose of sanctions is to starve Iran of the dollars and euros it needs to finance the country's nuclear program.
The purpose of sanctions was to bring Iran to the negotiating table.
"It would also fail to acknowledge that the purpose of sanction is also to cause an offender to think again about his behaviour and that, the committee felt compelled to conclude, was what the player had done".
Graham interjects, saying, "if the purpose of sanctions is to stop the Iranians from building a nuclear program...it's been a miserable failure".
"We only used petroleum products to carry out joint inter-Korean projects, and our view is that this does not harm the purpose of sanctions on North Korea, South Koreaa's foreign ministry told Reuters Wednesday.
If the true purpose of sanctions is to prevent any further annexations in Ukraine or send a message that sovereignty of countries on the borders of Russia must be respected then that has to be the message.
"One of the intended purposes of sanctions against senior officials in the Libyan government was to motivate individuals within the Qaddafi regime to make the right decision and dissociate themselves from Qaddafi and his government," Mr. Cohen said.
