On the dates indicated below, the Federal Register published Presidential notices that continue national emergencies for an additional one year period:
- November 9, 2018: Notice of November 8, 2018 – Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to Iran, continues the national emergency first declared on November 14, 1979, in Executive Order 12170 to deal with the unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security, foreign policy, and economy of the United States constituted by the situation in Iran. The emergency is being continued because US relations with Iran have not yet normalized, and the process of implementing the agreements with Iran, dated January 19, 1981, is ongoing. The emergency declared in Executive Order 12170 is distinct from the emergency declared in Executive Order 12957 on March 15, 1995. This renewal, therefore, is distinct from the emergency renewal of March 12, 2018.
- November 9, 2018: Notice of November 8, 2018 – Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to the Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction, continues the national emergency first declared on November 14, 1994, by Executive Order 12938 with respect to the unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security, foreign policy, and economy of the United States posed by the proliferation of nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons (weapons of mass destruction) and the means of delivering such weapons. On July 28, 1998, by Executive Order 13094, the President amended Executive Order 12938 to respond more effectively to the worldwide threat of proliferation activities related to weapons of mass destruction. On June 28, 2005, by Executive Order 13382, the President, among other things, further amended Executive Order 12938 to improve our ability to combat proliferation activities related to weapons of mass destruction. The national emergency is being continued because the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and the means of delivering them continues to pose an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security, foreign policy, and economy of the United States.
