WANA (Nov 07) – U.S. President Donald Trump has extended the national emergency status regarding Iran for an additional year. The measure, which forms the basis for unilateral U.S. sanctions against the Islamic Republic, was announced in a statement published on Friday on the Federal Register, the official journal of the U.S. government.

 

According to the statement, relations between Washington and Tehran “have not yet returned to normal”, and the implementation process of bilateral agreements dated January 19, 1981, is still ongoing.

 

These agreements refer to the Algiers Accords, which led to the release of American diplomats held in Tehran for over a year following the 1979 Iranian Revolution. The accords emphasize the principle of non-interference in each other’s internal affairs.

 

“For this reason, the national emergency declared on November 14, 1979, and the measures adopted in response to that emergency will continue beyond November 14, 2025. I am extending the national emergency with respect to Iran for one more year,” Trump stated in the announcement.

 

The national emergency was first declared by President Jimmy Carter on November 14, 1979, following the seizure of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran. Under Executive Order 12170, the U.S. Treasury was instructed to freeze all official Iranian assets in the United States, including bank accounts and assets held in foreign branches and subsidiaries of U.S. institutions.

 

This action marked the beginning of the first economic sanctions imposed by Washington against Iran. On April 7, 1980, Carter severed diplomatic relations with Tehran, banned the export of all American goods—including food and medicine—to Iran, and prohibited imports of Iranian products as well as travel by U.S. citizens to Iran.

Iran and US Flags / WANA News Agency