[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

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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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                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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