[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 41, Number 45 (Monday, November 14, 2005)]
[Page 1695]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Message to the Congress on Continuation of the National Emergency With 
Respect to Iran

November 9, 2005

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. Consistent with this provision, I have sent the 
enclosed notice to the Federal Register for publication, stating that 
the Iran emergency declared by Executive Order 12170 on November 14, 
1979, is to continue in effect beyond November 14, 2005. The most recent 
notice continuing this emergency was published in the Federal Register 
on November 12, 2004 (69 FR 65513).
    Our relations with Iran have not yet returned to normal, and the 
process of implementing the January 19, 1981, agreements with Iran is 
still underway. For these reasons, I have determined that it is 
necessary to continue the national emergency declared on November 14, 
1979, with respect to Iran, beyond November 14, 2005.
                                                George W. Bush
 The White House,
 November 9, 2005

Note: This message was released by the Office of the Press Secretary on 
November 10.