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blj-482	Mani, Kevin A.	Options for the Biden Administration to Prevent Iran from Developing a Nuclear Weapon	2021	13	.pdf	application/pdf	4570	210	7	In general, the outcomes of economic sanctions are uncertain when it comes to attempting to influence behavior.149 Sanctions may fail to match their coercive objectives, particularly when imposed on authoritarian adversaries.150 Although the U.S. has used coercive economic sanctions on Iran for decades, the results have been far from ideal.151 Since the Reagan administration, the U.S. has imposed various sanctions to restrict monetary aid, arms trade, and economic activities between the U.S. and Iran, among other penalties.152 During the Bush administration, the U.S. restricted Iran’s access to the international financial system with the objective of blocking or 152 Mahapatra, “US–Iran Nuclear Deal: Cohorts and Challenger.” 151 Chintamani Mahapatra, “US–Iran Nuclear Deal: Cohorts and Challenger,” Contemporary Review of the Middle East, 2016, https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/2347798916632323. 154 Robert, “Containing Iran: Strategies for Addressing the Iranian Nuclear Challenge.” 153 Mahapatra, “US–Iran Nuclear Deal: Cohorts and Challenger.” 50 https://www.mitpressjournals.org/doi/full/10.1162/ISEC_a_00286 https://www.brookings.edu/blog/order-from-chaos/2020/06/15/what-explains-the-decline-of-irans-moderates-its-not-trump/ https://www.brookings.edu/blog/order-from-chaos/2020/06/15/what-explains-the-decline-of-irans-moderates-its-not-trump/ The U.S. would need to remove any sanctions not aligned with the JCPOA and reassure Iran that the U.S. will not leave the agreement.	cache/blj-482.pdf	txt/blj-482.txt