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Dawson Law on Iranian sanctions, evasion, and global risk 

May 21, 2026

Justine Walker sat down with Dawson Law, a senior advisor on geopolitical risk and compliance. Their conversation explores potential scenarios for Iran, including protracted conflict, partial sanctions relief, and regime collapse — highlighting how economic measures and geopolitical negotiations could shape different outcomes. They also consider broader global developments, from shifting Gulf investment patterns to U.S. policy on Cuba, China and export controls.  The episode underscores growing sanctions divergence between the U.S. and its allies, and the need for companies to prepare for geopolitical and regulatory uncertainty.

Dawson Law previously served for over a decade as a U.S. diplomat at the U.S. Department of State where he worked on the Iran Desk and was posted at the US Embassies in Sudan, Poland, Vietnam and Australia.  He later worked as a senior sanctions policy advisor at the U.S. Department of the Treasury in the Office of Foreign Assets Control and served as the first U.S. Treasury Representative to the U.K. supporting transatlantic coordination on economic statecraft including Iran sanctions and illicit finance.

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