CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -The United States applies sanctions more frequently than any other country and does so by a wide margin. According to American Studies academic Manu Karuka, the United States has imposed two-thirds of the world’s sanctions since the 1990s.

Detailed explanation-2: -Iran was the most sanctioned country in the world until it was surpassed by Russia following its invasion of neighboring Ukraine in February 2022. The first sanctions were imposed by the United States in November 1979 after a group of radical students seized the American Embassy in Tehran and took hostages.

Detailed explanation-3: -Sanctions imposed by India India was the first country to sanction South Africa for the apartheid. Following deterioration of diplomatic ties India imposed a trade embargo.