Trump ready to pull out of Iran deal: Bob Corker
Press TV – US Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Corker says President Donald Trump is ready to pull the United States…
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Progress being made on bill to ‘fix’ Iran nuclear deal: US Senator
Press TV – US Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Corker says that progress is being made with Democratic lawmakers in Congress, as…
US Senator working on Iran bill seems to sideline junior, Iran hawk partner
Press TV- A United States Republican Senator who has been working on anti-Iran legislation is attempting to win the partnership of a…
President Trump didn’t pull out of the Iran deal. Here’s what that says about the politics of foreign policy.
Washington Post | Elizabeth Saunders: Last week began with a bang: Sen. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee…
White House escalates Trump-Corker fight over Iran nuclear deal
Press TV – The White House press secretary escalates the feud between her boss, US President Donald Trump, and a top Republican…
Trump blames Corker for Iran nuclear deal again
Press TV – US President Donald Trump has blamed the Republican chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee over the nuclear deal…
‘Political issue’ rises in US Congress over anti-Iran bill
Press TV – A sanctions bill targeting Iran and Russia has hit a new hiccup in US Congress, says the chairman of…
Top U.S. senator: Trump administration won’t toss Iran deal
Reuters– The chair of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee said that abrupt rejection of the Iran nuclear deal by the incoming…
Sen. Corker calls on Congress to reject Iran accord
US Republican Senator Bob Corker has called on Congress to reject the nuclear agreement with Iran. Corker, the influential chairman of the…
Influential GOP senator planning to renew Iran sanctions law
Republican US Senator Bob Corker is seeking to extend an Iran sanctions law, despite opposition from the Obama administration, which considers any…
Iran’s unserious critics
The Republican chorus gets ever louder: Walk away from an Iran nuclear deal. But of course there is a deal in place,…
Key U.S. senator ‘very happy’ Iran nuclear talks will go on
The chairman of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee said on Thursday he did not see the continuation of Iran nuclear talks…
Corker, GOP raise alarms over Iran talks
With an accord potentially days away, the typically restrained Foreign Relations committee head and other critics get more vocal. Days away from…
Congress sharpens its knives ahead of Iran deal
Congress is sharpening its knives with just one week to go before the June 30 deadline for a nuclear deal with Iran.…
Key senator says to forget the deadline on Iran talks for a better deal
The chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee said Wednesday that he had urged Secretary of State John F. Kerry to ignore…
Anti-Iran senator motivated by Israel: Analyst
Republican Senator Bob Corker, who has called on President Barack Obama to stop the ongoing nuclear negotiations with Iran, has been motivated…
GOP chairman urges Obama to walk away from Iran nuclear talks
Senate Foreign Relations Committee chairman Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) is urging President Obama to walk away from negotiations over Iran’s nuclear program. “It…
Obama says bill on Iran will not derail negotiations, will sign it
(Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama said on Friday he does not see proposed legislation in Congress derailing negotiations with Iran on its nuclear program, calling the…
Supporters scramble for compromise on U.S. Senate Iran bill
(Reuters) – U.S. senators scrambled to shore up bipartisan support for a controversial Iran nuclear bill before a committee meeting on Tuesday that…
Obama called Republican Senator Corker to discuss Iran: White House
(Reuters) – President Barack Obama called Republican Senator Bob Corker on Wednesday to discuss the framework agreement reached last week to contain…
G.O.P. senator, Bob Corker, is key player in Iran accord
WASHINGTON — While negotiators toiled late into the night in Switzerland, scratching together a nuclear agreement with Iran, Senator Bob Corker was conducting…
Corker: Congressional ‘drama’ won’t stop parties from passing bipartisan Iran bill
Sen. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) talks to reporters at the U.S. Capitol in mid-March 2015. (Jonathan Ernst/Reuters) Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob…
U.S. Senate panel could vote on Iran nuclear bill next week
(Reuters) – The U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee could vote as soon as next week on a bill requiring President Barack Obama…
U.S. bill would require congressional review of any Iran deal
(Reuters) – U.S. senators introduced legislation late on Friday requiring congressional review of any deal with Iran over its nuclear program. The Iran Nuclear Agreement Review…
Iran bill debate seen in Senate by early February
(Reuters) – The new chairman of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee said on Thursday he expected a bill addressing Iran’s nuclear…
Lawmakers try, but fail, to force vote on Iran sanctions bill
(Reuters) – Republican lawmakers tried to force a vote in the U.S. Senate on Thursday on a bill to impose tough new…
Corker concedes defeat on Iran sanctions
The top Republican on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee acknowledged Thursday that Congress is unlikely to buck President Obama and pass new…
US Senate agrees to delay vote on new Iran sanctions
The upper house of the US Congress has acceded to the White House’s request to delay a vote on additional sanctions against…
U.S. congressional action on Iran sanctions unlikely this month
(Reuters) – Legislation to impose tough new sanctions on Iran is not expected to come to a vote in the Senate before December, after…
Sen. Bob Corker moves to stop Obama from lifting Iran sanctions
Emerging legislation from Republican Sen. Bob Corker could block Obama from easing sanctions on Iran and create tougher conditions for reaching an…