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Unsuccessful U.S. Opposition to IBRD Loans to Iran

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 March 2017

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Contemporary Practice of the United States Relating to International Law
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Copyright © American Society of International Law 2000

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References

1 International Financial Institutions Act, as amended, §1621, 22 U.S.C.A. §262p–4q (West Supp. 2000).

2 A state maybe designated as a sponsor of terrorism under the Export Administration Act of 1979 §6(J), 50 U.S.C.app.§2405(J) (1994),and the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 §620A, 22U.S.C. §2371 (1994). As of August 2000, the State Department had designated Cuba, Iran, Iraq, Libya, North Korea, Sudan, and Syria as terrorist states. See U.S. Dep’t of State, Patterns of Global Terrorism 1999 at 2 (2000) <http://www.state.gov/www/global/terrorism/1999report/patterns.pdf>.

3 Rubin, James P., U.S. Assistant Secretary of State and Spokesman, U.S. Dep’t of State, Daily Press Briefing (Feb. 23, 2000), obtainable from <http://www.state.gov>Google Scholar.

4 See World Bank Press Release on World Bank Approves Loans to Iran for Primary Health and Sewerage, No. 2000/352/S (May 18, 2000); see also Stout, David, Despite U. S. Objections, World Bank Approves Loans for Iran, N.Y. Times, May 19, 2000, at A15 Google Scholar.