The United States imposed an oil embargo and froze $12 billion USD of Iranian assets abroad in November 1979 to secure the release of American hostages, a sanction episode that was resolved by January 1981 (Hewitt and Nephew 2019).

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• Person: Behdad Gilzad Kohan, Hamid Dahouei Organization: Journal of Public and International Affairs
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• Reforming Iran's Energy Policy: Strategies for Sustainability ... jpia.princeton.edu Behdad Gilzad Kohan, Hamid Dahouei · Journal of Public and International Affairs via serper

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