[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 50 (Friday, March 13, 2020)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 14731-14732]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-05466]
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Vol. 85
Friday,
No. 50
March 13, 2020
Part II
The President
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Notice of March 12, 2020--Continuation of the National Emergency With
Respect to Iran
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Title 3--
The President
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Notice of March 12, 2020
Continuation of the National Emergency With
Respect to Iran
On March 15, 1995, by Executive Order 12957, the
President declared a national emergency with respect to
Iran to deal with the unusual and extraordinary threat
to the national security, foreign policy, and economy
of the United States constituted by the actions and
policies of the Government of Iran. On May 6, 1995, the
President issued Executive Order 12959, imposing more
comprehensive sanctions on Iran to further respond to
this threat. On August 19, 1997, the President issued
Executive Order 13059, consolidating and clarifying
those previous orders. The President took additional
steps pursuant to this national emergency in Executive
Order 13553 of September 28, 2010; Executive Order
13574 of May 23, 2011; Executive Order 13590 of
November 20, 2011; Executive Order 13599 of February 5,
2012; Executive Order 13606 of April 22, 2012;
Executive Order 13608 of May 1, 2012; Executive Order
13622 of July 30, 2012; Executive Order 13628 of
October 9, 2012; Executive Order 13645 of June 3, 2013;
Executive Order 13716 of January 16, 2016; Executive
Order 13846 of August 6, 2018; Executive Order 13871 of
May 8, 2019; Executive Order 13876 of June 24, 2019;
and Executive Order 13902 of January 10, 2020.
As outlined in National Security Presidential
Memorandum-11 of May 8, 2018 (Ceasing United States
Participation in the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action
and Taking Additional Action to Counter Iran's Malign
Influence and Deny Iran All Paths to a Nuclear Weapon),
the actions and policies of the Government of Iran--
including its proliferation and development of missiles
and other asymmetric and conventional weapons
capabilities, its network and campaign of regional
aggression, its support for terrorist groups, and the
malign activities of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard
Corps and its surrogates--continue to pose an unusual
and extraordinary threat to the national security,
foreign policy, and economy of the United States.
For these reasons, the national emergency declared on
March 15, 1995, must continue in effect beyond March
15, 2020. Therefore, in accordance with section 202(d)
of the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1622(d)), I
am continuing for 1 year the national emergency with
respect to Iran declared in Executive Order 12957. The
emergency declared by Executive Order 12957 constitutes
an emergency separate from that declared on November
14, 1979, by Executive Order 12170, in connection with
the hostage crisis. This renewal, therefore, is
distinct from the emergency renewal of November 2019.
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This notice shall be published in the Federal Register
and transmitted to the Congress.
(Presidential Sig.)
THE WHITE HOUSE,
March 12, 2020.
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