US changes sanctions to help Iranian dissidents

In a sign of things to come the US Treasury on Wednesday clarified U.S. trade sanctions against Iran(Cuba and Sudan), allowing publication of dissident and academic views.

"This new policy will ensure those dissident voices and others will be heard without undermining our sanctions policy."

Under the new Treasury rule U.S. citizens and firms are allowed to freely engage in Cuba, Iran and Sudan in most

"transactions necessary and ordinarily incident to the publishing of manuscripts, books, journals and newspapers..., in paper or electronic format." more

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