The U.S. Senate has voted to bar Hamid Aboutalebi, Iran’s potential new envoy to the UN, from acquiring a visa to enter the United States. Aboutalebi is the political deputy in the Iranian president’s office; however, his appointment to be Iran’s ambassador to the UN has not been officially announced. Earlier, the U.S. State […]
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U.S. holds back on considering new Iranian sanctions
The U.S. Senate has delayed looking at a new package of sanctions on Iran until after nuclear talks between Iran and the 5+1 are held later this month. The delay, according to Reuters, could create a more amicable atmosphere for the talks in Geneva. Senator Bob Corker, the senior Republican on the Senate Foreign […]