So smart sanctions should be able to motivate certain parties to behave properly, and I'm confident that our teams that will be engaged in consultations will continue discussing this issue.

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Shadow foreign secretary William Hague said "smart sanctions" might include a ban on arms sales to Iran, tough UN shipping inspections and "action against the interests of the Iranian revolutionary guard corps".

BBC: Foreign Office questions

If we are to speak about sanctions, although they are not always successful, those sanctions should be smart sanctions that are capable of producing proper behavior on the part of relevant sides.

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Senior State Department officials said the administration was still hoping to coax the Russians into signing off on a "smart sanctions" package for Iraq that would end the embargo on humanitarian goods while strengthening military and financial controls on President Saddam Hussein's regime.

CNN: U.S. wants new sanctions against Iraq

Russia has opposed 'smart' sanctions and has put forward its own proposals for suspending sanctions of Baghdad allows U.N. weapons inspectors back into the country.

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