Summary of Iran economic sanctions
Reports indicate that Iran has faced one of the longest and harshest regimes of economic sanctions in recent history. Over the past decades, the United States, European countries, and the United Nations have imposed a series of sanctions on Tehran. The United States began implementing sanctions between 1979 and 1995 in response to the hostage crisis, which included asset freezes and trade bans. These sanctions later expanded to target the oil sector, restrict banking transactions, and impose restrictions on the export of weapons and shipping, in addition to isolating the Iranian central bank from the international financial system. Furthermore, UN sanctions were imposed from 2006 to 2012 in response to Iran's nuclear program, with intensified measures between 2010 and 2015 aimed at isolating Iran’s financial system and central bank. These sanctions were reiterated and tightened through the "Secondary" mechanism in 2025-2026 following Iran's breaches of its nuclear commitments, which included asset freezes, trade bans, and shipping restrictions. These measures are considered among the most severe and longest in history, designed to exhaust Iran's economy and cut off its vital arteries.
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