For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
November 9, 2001
Notice that Iran Emergency to Continue Beyond November 14, 2001
Message to the Congress of the United States
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,
prior to 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 the enclosed notice, stating that the Iran emergency declared by
Executive Order 12170 on November 14, 1979, is to continue in effect
beyond November 14, 2001, to the Federal Register for
publication. The most recent notice continuing this
emergency was published in the Federal Register on November 13, 2000
(65 Fed. Reg. 68061).
Our relations with Iran have not yet returned to normal, and the
process of implementing the January 19, 1981, agreements with Iran is
still underway. For these reasons, I have determined that it
is necessary to continue the national emergency declared on November
14, 1979, with respect to Iran, beyond November 14, 2001.
GEORGE W. BUSH
THE WHITE HOUSE,
November 9, 2001.
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