The Clock Keeps Ticking on a New Iran Nuclear Deal

…“Not all sanctions are created equally. This is the gold standard of counter-terrorism designations,” Jason Brodsky, policy director of United Against a Nuclear Iran, told The Dispatch. “It differs from other counter-terrorism sanctions that we have, like the specially designated global terrorist designation under Executive Order 13224, in that there are immigration-related restrictions simply by virtue of membership in the group,” Brodsky added. “There is a criminal prohibition attached to it for material support to a group that’s listed as a foreign terrorist organization, with extraterritorial reach. It also provides additional avenues for victims of the terrorist organization to pursue damages in civil litigation.”