"tangible sanction" is a valid phrase in written English and can be used in writing to refer to an action or consequence that is physically felt.
For example, "The students experienced a tangible sanction when their teacher gave them an extra writing assignment."
Amir Ali Handjani, an Iranian-American energy executive with extensive experience in the region, struck a cautious note, saying that it was still unclear if Iran would see tangible sanctions relief before the US Congress weighed in.
The 60-day delay on implementation would give hardliners time to dissect and condemn every Iranian concession, while moderates who brokered the deal would be left to defend the concessions after the U.S. reneged on the timeline and without any tangible sanctions relief to point to.
Rouhani would have to show Iranians tangible relief from sanctions if he is to maintain their support.
Rouhani is pushing efforts to speed up implementation of the deal to bring about tangible relief from sanctions before parliamentary elections in February.
The Iranian president, Hassan Rouhani, is pulling out all the stops to speed up the implementation of a landmark nuclear deal to bring home tangible relief from sanctions before parliamentary elections in February.
Successive rounds of negotiations between Tehran, the P5+1 and the International Atomic Energy Authority IAEAA) have failed to yield tangible results and economic sanctions are now crippling the Iranian economy.
When revelations of corruption actually embolden the application of the rule of law and lead to sanctions, those tangible results can energize further civil society engagement in the fight against corruption.
In the Kremlin's understanding, those are the exact forces that hold Trump back from improving relations with Russia and delivering some tangible results, whether easing sanctions or coöperating in Syria.
Why do it if it's not going to push the ball ahead in the future in a way that would bring him tangible benefits or get sanctions lifted?" At a breakfast that I and other journalists attended with Rouhani on the same day as the dinner, the Iranian leader acknowledged that any nuclear deal was likely to face a "dust bowl" backlash from conservatives in Tehran.
A closely related idea is that violations of convention elicit some kind of sanction, such as tangible punishment or, more commonly, negative reactive attitudes.
