"They go on about the suffering of the Iraqi people under sanctions and say we are doing this just to keep the embargo in place."

Iraq has been under sanctions since its invasion of Kuwait in 1990.

"They delivered to other Arab countries that were not under sanctions."

But in turn they told me about how much the Iraqi people were suffering under sanctions.

The country has been under stringent sanctions for eight years.

Under tougher sanctions, getting that equipment will be much more difficult.

Measuring economic activity in nations under sanctions requires different techniques than those used for other countries.

Information on the countries that are under export controls and sanctions.

The military rulers in Haiti have come under heavy economic and political sanctions.

Meanwhile, Palestinians are the first occupied population to be placed under international sanctions.