...
Lawmakers passed another round of sanctions in July (PL 112-158) that tighten restrictions on Iran's energy and financial sectors and also go after shipping companies that help the country transport its oil. But it did not go as far as some hawks on both sides of the aisle, including Kirk and Menendez, would have liked.
Now, they're pushing many of the provisions not included in that July bill, aides confirm.
"The overall objective," said Mark Dubowitz, the executive director of the right-leaning think tank the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and an expert on sanctions policy, "is complete economic collapse." That, he said, is the only thing that stands a chance of changing the calculations of the regime in Tehran.
...