The entire trip is thought to be rankling the plans of Vice President Pence, who just remarked while in Tokyo that the U.S. is planning to implement «the toughest, most aggressive round
of economic sanctions ever» on North Korea.
Stone highlighted the planned construction, beginning in 2018,
of the Iranian Light Source Facility (ILSF), which would be the country's first synchrotron and its «biggest basic science project
ever,» as «a testament to the country's determination to do science in spite
of turmoil, political interference, and the viselike grip
of economic sanctions imposed by the United States and its allies to block Iran's suspected effort to develop nuclear weapons.
In June 2001, Haw began his protest against
economic sanctions imposed on Iraq in and, together with his
ever - expanding demonstration, camped out opposite the Palace
of Westminster for the better part
of five years.