    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: William J. Clinton (1997, Book II)]
    [September 30, 1997]
    [Pages 1278-1279]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

    Message to the Congress on Continuation of the National Emergency With
    Respect to Iran
    September 30, 1997

    To the Congress of the United States:
        Section 202(d) of the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1622(d))
    provides for the automatic termination of a national emergency unless,
    prior to the anniversary date of its declaration, the President
    publishes in the Federal Register and transmits to the Congress a notice
    stating that the emergency is to continue beyond the anniversary date.
    In accordance with this provision, I have sent the enclosed notice,
    stating that the Iran emergency declared in 1979 is to continue in
    effect beyond November 14,

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    1997, to the Federal Register for publication. Similar notices have been
    sent annually to the Congress and the Federal Register since November
    12, 1980. The most recent notice appeared in the Federal Register on
    October 31, 1996. This emergency is separate from that declared with
    respect to Iran on March 15, 1995, in Executive Order 12957.
        The crisis between the United States and Iran that began in 1979 has
    not been fully resolved. The international tribunal established to
    adjudicate claims of the United States and U.S. nationals against Iran
    and of the Iranian government and Iranian nationals against the United
    States continues to function, and normalization of commercial and
    diplomatic relations between the United States and Iran has not been
    achieved. In these circumstances, I have determined that it is necessary
    to maintain in force the broad authorities that are in place by virtue
    of the November 14, 1979, declaration of emergency and that are needed
    in the process of implementing the January 1981 agreements with Iran.

                                                          William J. Clinton

    The White House,

    September 30, 1997.

    Note: The notice is listed in Appendix D at the end of this volume.