Topic: Iran
American companies worried about tighter sanctions on Iran can breathe easy-at least for a few weeks.. "We have always said that tough multilateral sanctions are the most effective means to persuade Iran to cease its efforts to develop a nuclear weapons capability," ...
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Tuesday morning that major Western powers have convinced China and Russia to impose new economic sanctions on Iran in an effort to deter Tehran's alleged nuclear weapons aspirations. As we've written ...
US Vice President Joe Biden, on the highest-level US visit to Spain since 2001, Saturday paid tribute to the Spanish contingent in Afghanistan as he sought to formally bury years of thorny ties with Madrid."My country is proud and grateful to be ...
The US Congress could send President Barack Obama legislation imposing new sanctions on Iran "in a matter of weeks," Democratic House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer said Tuesday.Hoyer told reporters he was "hopeful" that lawmakers would act on the popular initiative "sooner, rather ...
Gates says US is prepared to take range of actions in response to Iranian nuclear ambitionsDefense Secretary Robert Gates asserted Sunday that the U.S. is prepared to take a range of actions against the Iranian nuclear program and told friends and foes ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Several senators have formed a caucus to promote online freedom in Iran, China and other countries as the Obama administration pushes for greater access to an unfettered Internet.Ted Kaufman, a Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Sam ...
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Wednesday the United States is urging Syria to distance itself from Iran as well as to stop arming Hezbollah, cooperate in Iraq, and resume peace talks with Israel.It was the first time Clinton stated so bluntly ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Senate on Thursday approved legislation that would let President Barack Obama impose sanctions on Iran's gasoline suppliers and penalize some of Tehran's elites, a move aimed at pressuring Tehran to give up its nuclear program.The sanctions, approved on ...
December is "a very real deadline" for the international community ahead of possible new sanctions on Iran and its nuclear program, White House spokesman Robert Gibbs warned Tuesday. Copyright 2009 AFP Global Edition
TEHRAN (Reuters) - A senior Iranian oil official said on Wednesday a move by U.S. lawmakers to target the Islamic Republic with fuel sanctions would not cause any problems because Tehran had many suppliers.On Tuesday, the U.S. House of Representatives approved legislation ...
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