News: International Sanctions

Due to the recent developments in Iran and the westernized world, I would like to talk a little about sanctions. There are several kinds of sanctions:

• Diplomatic Sanctions: the reduction or removal of diplomatic ties, such as embassies.
• Economic Sanctions: typically a ban on trade, with certain exceptions (such as food and medicine)
• Military Sanctions: military intervention
• Sport Sanctions:preventing a country's people and teams from competing in international events

Lets go more in-depth.

Diplomatic Sanctions

• Diplomatic Sanctions are a way of showing ones disapproval to another country/nation due to: Actions it has taken / Decisions it has made.
• They usually do not include economic and military use.
• Some examples: limitations/cancelling governmental visits, withdrawing diplomatic relations with staff.

Economic Sanctions

• More broad use: imposing duties on imports, blocking export of certain goods, or even a full naval blockage (ex: Cuba, Iraq).

• This is whats happening in Iran right now.

Military Sanctions

• Rage from targeted military strikes to degrading a nations conventional capabilities.

• Arms embargo: cutting off supplies of arms

Sport Sanctions

• Sport sanctions go in deeper than you think. They crush morale of the country.

• Used as psychological warfare

So considering the sanctions Iran is being put through right now, take a moment to think about what they're facing.