    [Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 33, Number 10 (Monday, March 10, 1997)]
    [Pages 288-289]
    [Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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    Message to the Congress on Iran

    March 5, 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 in effect beyond the
    anniversary date. In accordance with this provision, I have sent the
    enclosed notice, stating that the Iran emergency declared on March 15,
    1995, pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50
    U.S.C. 1701-1706) is to continue in effect beyond March 15, 1997, to the
    Federal Register for publication. This emergency is separate from that
    declared on November 14, 1979, in connection with the Iranian hostage
    crisis and therefore requires separate renewal of emergency authorities.

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        The factors that led me to declare a national emergency with respect
    to Iran on March 15, 1995, have not been resolved. The actions and
    policies of the Government of Iran, including its support for
    international terrorism, efforts to undermine the Middle East peace
    process, and its acquisition of weapons of mass destruction and the
    means to deliver them, continue to threaten the national security,
    foreign policy, and economy of the United States. Accordingly, I have
    determined that it is necessary to maintain in force the broad
    authorities that are in place by virtue of the March 15, 1995,
    declaration of emergency.
                                                William J. Clinton
    The White House,
    March 5, 1997.