U.S. President Barack Obama appears to have prevailed, for now, in his campaign to stop Congress from imposing new sanctions against Iran while a diplomatic initiative on Tehran’s nuclear program is under way. Obama announced in his State of the Union address on January 28 that he would veto any legislation imposing fresh sanctions […]
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UN Panel Head Urges Continued Enforcement Of Iran Sanctions
The chairman of the United Nations Security Council’s Iran sanctions committee has urged UN member states to continue enforcing sanctions imposed on the Islamic republic over its nuclear program. The chairman, Australia’s UN Ambassador Gary Quinlan, told the Security Council that the interim nuclear deal between Iran and six world powers is a welcome […]