[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 12 (Thursday, January 19, 2017)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 6187-6188]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-01367]


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                Notice of January 13, 2017

                
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 (E.O.) 12959, imposing 
                more comprehensive sanctions on Iran to further respond 
                to this threat. On August 19, 1997, the President 
                issued E.O. 13059, consolidating and clarifying the 
                previous orders. I took additional steps pursuant to 
                this national emergency in E.O. 13553 of September 28, 
                2010, E.O. 13574 of May 23, 2011, E.O. 13590 of 
                November 20, 2011, E.O. 13599 of February 5, 2012, E.O. 
                13606 of April 22, 2012, E.O. 13608 of May 1, 2012, 
                E.O. 13622 of July 30, 2012, E.O. 13628 of October 9, 
                2012, and E.O. 13645 of June 3, 2013.

                On July 14, 2015, the P5+1 (China, France, Germany, 
                Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States), the 
                European Union, and Iran reached a Joint Comprehensive 
                Plan of Action (JCPOA) to ensure that Iran's nuclear 
                program is and will remain exclusively peaceful. 
                January 16, 2016, marked Implementation Day under the 
                JCPOA, when the International Atomic Energy Agency 
                (IAEA) issued a report verifying that Iran had 
                completed key nuclear-related steps as specified in the 
                JCPOA, and the Secretary of State confirmed the 
                report's findings. As a result, the United States 
                lifted nuclear-related sanctions on Iran consistent 
                with its commitments under the JCPOA, including the 
                termination of a number of Executive Orders that were 
                issued pursuant to this national emergency. While 
                nuclear-related sanctions were lifted pursuant to our 
                JCPOA commitments, a number of non-nuclear sanctions 
                remain in place.

                Since Implementation Day, the IAEA has repeatedly 
                verified, and the Secretary of State has confirmed, 
                that Iran continues to meet its nuclear commitments 
                pursuant to the JCPOA. However, irrespective of the 
                JCPOA, which continues to ensure that Iran's nuclear 
                program is and remains exclusively peaceful, certain 
                actions and policies of the Government of Iran continue 
                to pose an unusual and extraordinary threat to the 
                national security, foreign policy, and economy of the 
                United States. For this reason, the national emergency 
                declared on March 15, 1995, must continue in effect 
                beyond March 15, 2017. 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 
                E.O. 12957. The emergency declared by E.O. 12957 
                constitutes an emergency separate from that declared on 
                November 14, 1979, by E.O. 12170. This renewal, 
                therefore, is distinct from the emergency renewal of 
                November 2016.

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                This notice shall be published in the Federal Register 
                and transmitted to the Congress.
                
                
                    (Presidential Sig.)

                THE WHITE HOUSE,

                    January 13, 2017.

[FR Doc. 2017-01367
Filed 1-18-17; 8:45 am]
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