MULLAHS PROSPER AS SANCTIONS FATIGUE HITS.

INTERNATIONAL sanctions; UNITED Nations. Security Council; NUCLEAR weapons; COURTS; ASSET freezing; BANKING industry; INSURANCE companies; ECONOMICS

IRAN; EUROPEAN Union countries

The article discusses Iran's nuclear weapons program, Mullahs, and a report which claims that the United Nations Security Council's ability to impose sanctions against individuals around the world is being challenged in several cases involving European courts as of February 2014. According to the article, the European Union's (EU's) General Court quashed decisions by the EU to freeze the assets of an Iranian banker and seven Iranian banks and insurers that are linked to Iran's nuclear industry.