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Iran rejects the idea that sanctions relief is contingent on itsbehavior. In Foreign Minister Mohammed Javad Zarif ’s view,both sides must take “preparatory steps” to implement commitments—Iran’snuclear commitments and the West’s sanctionscommitments. Both sides would complete their commitments atthe same time. Therefore, they “will be simultaneous,” he said.However, it is not clear whether Zarif ’s formulation is acceptableto Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Inhis speech addressing the April 2 accord, Khamenei stated:“Sanctions have to be completely lifted on the day of the finalagreement. This has to happen. If lifting sanctions is supposedto depend on another new process, why did we negotiate withthem in the first place?” (See Figure 9 for additional comments.)4.3 Which sanctions will remain?As noted in the April 2 joint statement, a nuclear agreement willnot result in the removal of all sanctions against Iran. In particular,the United States has imposed sanctions pertaining toterrorism support, human rights abuses, money laundering, anddevelopment of ballistic missiles. As Iranian leaders frequentlynote, negotiations are exclusively over the nuclear issue and donot extend to other areas of Iranian activity.One U.S. sanction that will almost certainly remain in place isIran’s listing as a State Sponsor of Terrorism. As noted in Section2.1, President Ronald Reagan designated Iran as a state sponsorof terror in 1984. This designation automatically triggereda series of sanctions, including denial of U.S. foreign aid orassistance to Iran, a ban on arms exports and sales, restrictions22 Sanctions Against Iran: A Guide to Targets, Terms, and Timetables