DATE=3/17/2000
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
TITLE=U-S / IRAN SANCTIONS (S)
NUMBER=2-260282
BYLINE=NICK SIMEONE
DATELINE=WASHINGTON
CONTENT=
VOICED AT:
INTRO: The United States is easing certain sanctions
against Iran in the biggest step Washington has taken
yet toward ending two decades of hostility between
both countries. Correspondent Nick Simeone reports
Americans will now be allowed to buy a range of
Iranian goods from carpets to caviar.
TEXT: Secretary of State Madeleine Albright told a
meeting of Iranian-Americans that Washington senses
the winds of democracy in Iran and is responding by
lifting some sanctions that have been in place for
more than a decade.
She said it is now time to consider bringing down the
walls of mistrust, as she put it, that have built up
since the fall of the Shah more than 20 years ago.
/// ALBRIGHT ACT ///
The United States is willing either to proceed
patiently on a step-by-step basis or to move
very rapidly if Iran indicates a desire and
commitment to do so.
/// END ACT ///
It is a move that analysts such as Former Carter
Administration official Gary Sick expect will lead to
normal ties between the two nations.
/// SICK ACT ///
I think it is going to result in the restoration
of diplomatic relations.
/// END ACT ///
Still, a ban on U-S investment in Iran's oil industry
remains and the Clinton Administration is not
expected to lift any more sanctions until Iran drops
its alleged support for terrorism and its pursuit of
nuclear weapons. (SIGNED)
NEB/NJS/JP
17-Mar-2000 11:01 AM EDT (17-Mar-2000 1601 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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