(Reuters) - President Barack Obama's campaign for Congress to hold off on new sanctions over Iran's nuclear program won a key endorsement on Thursday when the chairman of the U.S. Senate Banking Committee rejected tightening measures againstIrannow. Senator Tim Johnson, a Democrat, said he agrees with the Obama administration that such legislation ...

(Reuters) - President Barack Obama's campaign for Congress to hold off on new sanctions over Iran's nuclear program won a key endorsement on Thursday when the chairman of the U.S. Senate Banking Committee rejected tightening measures againstIrannow. Senator Tim Johnson, a Democrat, said he agrees with the Obama administration that such legislation ...

TEHRAN (FNA)- The US Senate asked the US spy agency, CIA, to present a report to Congressmen on the level of Irans cooperation on the Geneva nuclear agreement. Chairman of US Senate Banking Committee Tim Johnsonand Chairman of Armed Forces Committee Karl Levin, in a letter to the CIA director, called on the latter to present a report of Iran's ...

(Reuters) - The White House will host a meeting of aides to Senate committee leaders on Thursday seeking to persuade lawmakers to hold off on a package of tough new sanctions againstIranover its nuclear program, a senior Senate aide said. The White House will press for another delay on a sanctions bill that had been expected to come to a vote in the ...