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89–011 2019

116th Congress, 1st Session – – – – – – – – – – – – – House Document 116–20 

CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY 

WITH RESPECT TO IRAN 

MESSAGE 

FROM

THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES 

TRANSMITTING

NOTIFICATION THAT THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT 

TO IRAN, ORIGINALLY DECLARED ON MARCH 15, 1995, BY EXECUTIVE ORDER 12957 IS TO CONTINUE IN EFFECT BEYOND 

MARCH 15, 2019, PURSUANT TO 50 U.S.C. 1622(d); PUBLIC LAW 

94–412, SEC. 202(d); (90 STAT. 1257) 

MARCH 12, 2019.—Message and accompanying papers referred to the 

Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed 


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To the Congress of the United States: 

Section 202(d) of the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 

1622(d)) provides for the automatic termination of a national emergency unless, within 90 days before the anniversary date of its declaration, the President publishes in the Federal Register and transmits to the Congress a notice stating that the emergency is to continue in effect beyond the anniversary date. In accordance with this 

provision, I have sent to the Federal Register for publication the enclosed notice stating that the national emergency with respect to 

Iran that was declared on March 15, 1995, is to continue in effect 

beyond March 15, 2019. 

The actions and policies of the Government of Iran continue to 

pose an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security, 

foreign policy, and economy of the United States. 

For this reason, I have determined that it is necessary to continue the national emergency declared with respect to Iran and to 

maintain in force comprehensive sanctions against Iran to respond 

to this threat. 

DONALD J. TRUMP. 

THE WHITE HOUSE, March 12, 2019. 


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NOTICE

CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO

IRAN

On March 15, 1995, by Executive Order 12957, the President declared a national emergency with respect to Iran to deal with the 

unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security, foreign 

policy, and economy of the United States constituted by the actions 

and policies of the Government of Iran. On May 6, 1995, the President issued Executive Order 12959, imposing more comprehensive 

sanctions on Iran to further respond to this threat. On August 19, 

1997, the President issued Executive Order 13059, consolidating 

and clarifying those previous orders. The President took additional 

steps pursuant to this national emergency in Executive Order 

13553 of September 28, 2010; Executive Order 13574 of May 23, 

2011; Executive Order 13590 of November 20, 2011; Executive 

Order 13599 of February 5, 2012; Executive Order 13606 of April 

22, 2012; Executive Order 13608 of May 1, 2012; Executive Order 

13622 of July 30, 2012; Executive Order 13628 of October 9, 2012; 

Executive Order 13645 of June 3, 2013; Executive Order 13716 of 

January 16, 2016; and Executive Order 13846 of August 6, 2018. 

As outlined in National Security Presidential Memorandum-11 of 

May 8, 2018 (Ceasing United States Participation in the Joint 

Comprehensive Plan of Action and Taking Additional Action to 

Counter Iran’s Malign Influence and Deny Iran All Paths to a Nuclear Weapon), the actions and policies of the Government of Iran, 

including its proliferation and development of missiles and other 

asymmetric and conventional weapons capabilities, its network and 

campaign of regional aggression, its support for terrorist groups, 

and the malign activities of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps 

and its surrogates continue to pose an unusual and extraordinary 

threat to the national security, foreign policy, and economy of the 

United States. 

For these reasons, the national emergency declared on March 15, 

1995, must continue in effect beyond March 15, 2019. Therefore, in 

accordance with section 202(d) of the National Emergencies Act (50 

U.S.C. 1622(d)), I am continuing for 1 year the national emergency 

with respect to Iran declared in Executive Order 12957. The emergency declared by Executive Order 12957 constitutes an emergency 

separate from that declared on November 14, 1979, by Executive 

Order 12170, in connection with the hostage crisis. This renewal, 

therefore, is distinct from the emergency renewal of November 

2018. 


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This notice shall be published in the Federal Register and transmitted to the Congress. 

DONALD J. TRUMP. 

THE WHITE HOUSE, March 12, 2019. 

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