THE TRANSFORMATION OF UNITED STATES ECONOMIC SANCTION TOWARDS IRANIAN NUCLEAR DEVELOPMENT IN MIDST OF 2015
Abstract
In the midst of 2015, United States decided to lift one of the harshest
economic sanctions in the world which imposed to Iran. Previously, for 35 years
United States keep sanctioning Iran in many aspects. Since 1979, United States
started impose sanctions against Iran caused by the Islamic Iranian Revolution led
by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. Therefore, United States started to impose
sanctions against Iran ever since. The various sanctions from United States from
embargo, freeze the Iranian assets, stop the import, and ban the Iranian oil. The
broke economic condition was expected by United States because of Iranian
possession of WMD. However, the Iranian leaders clandestinely build their
nuclear capacity increased by the year. Surprisedly, in midst of 2015, President
Obama decided to lift the economic sanction to Iran.
As the findings, this research proves that there were many influences that
affect President Obama in deciding to lift the economic sanction of Iran. United
States had choose the most beneficial decision by considering the betterment of
international image of United States, the economic situation & military capability
of United States and there were internal changing of Iran which were led President
Obama decided to lift the economic sanction of Iran.