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Executive Order 12957

Prohibiting Certain Transactions With Respect to the Development of Iranian Petroleum Resources

Signed by William Jefferson Clinton on Mar 15, 1995.

No later disposition on file
Signed recordMar 15, 1995

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Publication record60 FR 14615

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Vote Files, "Executive Order 12957: Prohibiting Certain Transactions With Respect to the Development of Iranian Petroleum Resources," last checked Sept. 26, 2026, citing Federal Register, https://votefiles.com/cite/eo-12957

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Vote Files. (2026, September 26). Executive Order 12957: Prohibiting Certain Transactions With Respect to the Development of Iranian Petroleum Resources [Executive order record]. Retrieved September 27, 2026, from https://votefiles.com/cite/eo-12957

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Vote Files. "Executive Order 12957: Prohibiting Certain Transactions With Respect to the Development of Iranian Petroleum Resources." Last modified September 26, 2026. Accessed September 27, 2026. https://votefiles.com/cite/eo-12957.

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  note         = {Citation ID eo-12957; official source: Federal Register, https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/1995/03/17/95-6849/prohibiting-certain-transactions-with-respect-to-the-development-of-iranian-petroleum-resources; last checked 2026-09-26; accessed 2026-09-27}
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Note Revoked in part and supplemented by: EO 12959, May 6, 1995
Revoked in part by EO 13059, August 19, 1997
See Notice of March 8, 1996; Notice of March 5, 1997; Notice of March 4, 1998; Notice of March 10, 1999; Notice of March 13, 2000; Notice of March 13, 2001; Notice of March 13, 2002; Notice of March 12, 2003; Notice of March 10, 2004; Notice of March 10, 2005; Notice of March 13, 2006; Notice of March 8, 2007; Notice of March 11, 2008; Notice of March 11, 2009; Notice of March 10, 2010; EO 13553, September 28, 2010; EO 13574, May 23, 2011; EO 13590, November 20, 2011; EO 13606, April 22, 2012; EO 13608, May 1, 2012; EO 13622, July 30, 2012; EO 13628, October 9, 2012; EO 13645, June 3, 2013

National Archives disposition tables cover January 8, 1937 to January 19, 2017.

Federal Register disposition tableRevoked in part and supplemented by: EO 12959, May 6, 1995; Revoked in part by: EO 13059, August 19, 1997; See: Notice of March 8, 1996; Notice of March 5, 1997; Notice of March 4, 1998; Notice of March 10, 1999; Notice of March 13, 2000; Notice of March 13, 2001; Notice of March 13, 2002; Notice of March 12, 2003; Notice of March 10, 2004; Notice of March 10, 2005; Notice of March 13, 2006; Notice of March 8, 2007; Notice of March 11, 2008; Notice of March 11, 2009; Notice of March 10, 2010; EO 13553, September 28, 2010; EO 13574, May 23, 2011; EO 13590, November 20, 2011; EO 13606, April 22, 2012; EO 13608, May 1, 2012; EO 13622, July 30, 2012; EO 13628, October 9, 2012; EO 14382, February 6, 2026

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