The most recent US sanction relief for Iran (Iran GL D-2) is to provide Internet services for the people of Iran as they are partaking in an uprising. It has imposed sanctions on the Minister of Communication along with others due to Internet censorship.

The EU usually calls sanctions “European Restrictive Measures.” They also imposed sanctions on Russia, and a so-called “Internet carveout” was issued.

The UK issued a license and authorized limited transactions to facilitate Civilian Telecommunication Services, which are either an “electronic communication network” or “electronic communications service” as defined by Section 32 of the Communications Act 2003 that is used for civilian purposes.

US and EU impose sanctions against Russia because of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The UK joins the US and EU in imposing separate sanctions.

Sudan ccTLD redelegation issue and sanctions.

US withdrawal from Afghanistan and Taliban takeover. Afghanistan IP addresses are still registered, but it is not clear what will happen in the future. It might be difficult to verify who is in control of these addresses.

The Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed that they recognized IP resources as economic resources, as defined in the EU sanctions regulations. Therefore, RIPE NCC must freeze the resource if provided to a sanctioned entity.

RIPE NCC became aware that two member entities based in Iran and one member in Syria might be on the sanction list. They informed the members and created additional sanction screening processes.

Ease of US embargo on Cuba and specific attention to facilitate access to the Internet. To a certain extent, the sanctions relief worked but there were still reports of restrictions on access to Internet services due to sanctions.

US issued Iran General License D-1, with Respect to Certain Services, Software, and Hardware Incidents to Personal Communications