Read this article from Tuesday’s Los Angeles Times about the Iran sanctions.

“By limiting Iran’s access to ancillary services necessary for international trade, such as international financing and banking as well as insurance and shipping, countries are making it extremely difficult for many businesses, even those trading in nonsanctioned goods and services, from doing business with Iran,” said Farhad Alavi, a Washington lawyer specializing in the Iran sanctions. “Business is getting very tough for Iran and Iranians, including normal Iranian businessmen who do business overseas.”