Tag: US Export Controls

Restrictions Remain on Certain Academic and Research Activities for Cuba and Iran

Jonathon Glass, Mike Goldstein, Kevin King and Shannon MacMichael

Much has been written recently about the lifting of the US embargoes targeting Iran and Cuba. Despite recent liberalization in discrete areas (e.g., travel, family remittances, and internet based communications), comprehensive restrictions remain in place on the types of academic activities that US persons can undertake, as well as what US persons can export or transfer to these countries and their nationals.