"It cannot be regarded as a positive test in the strict regulatory sense," the newspaper said, doubting that French sanctions could result.

However, Tehran said that increased sanctions could result in it closing off the strait, which it declared was "easier than drinking a glass of water".

Following the missile test, the United Nations Security Council held an emergency meeting and strongly condemned the actions, though no official sanctions resulted at the time.

This sanction resulted in the loss of over 50,000 jobs and dealt a severe blow to the textile sector, which had accounted for half of Madagascar's exports.

I believe that economic sanctions, including the ban on commercial flights, which began yesterday, will not result in the timely departure of Haiti's illegitimate Government.

The crackdown in 1989 led to great woes in China's reputation globally, and sanctions resulted.

He claimed that sanctions would result in what, he felt, would be a worse situation, such as a Soviet-backed revolution.

Sure, one positive steroid test equals a 50-game suspension, the second carries a 100-game sanction and a third can result in a lifetime ban.

For years, Baghdad has insisted that sanctions imposed on the country after the 1991 Persian Gulf war have resulted in malnutrition and a shortage of basic medicines.

Or for the matter when sanctions ever resulted in regime change?