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Sanctions Relief Won’t Be a $100 Billion Windfall for Iran’s Terrorist Friends

Op-eds & Essays by Richard Nephew • July 02, 2015

For one, oil money ain’t what it used to be. And second, Tehran has bigger problems to deal with at home.

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The Impact of the New US Oil Tariffs on Venezuela 

Steps by the second Trump administration show it is taking a tougher stance against the regime of Nicolas Maduro. Trump recently issued an executive order that could levy a 25 percent tariff on countries that directly or indirectly import Venezuelan oil starting on April 2, and it has modified Chevron’s oil license to operate in the South American nation.

Blog by Luisa Palacios • April 1, 2025
The Impact of the New US Oil Tariffs on Venezuela 
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Geopolitics

Sanctions Relief Won’t Be a $100 Billion Windfall for Iran’s Terrorist Friends

Op-eds & Essays by Richard Nephew • July 02, 2015