Sputnik News- The bill on new Russia and Iran sanctions is currently held up by the US House of Representatives, Senator and former Hillary Clinton running mate Tim Kaine told Sputnik on Wednesday. When asked about the status of the bill, Kaine said, "It seems to be kind of held up right now." The US Senate passed the sanctions package on June ...

Sputnik News- The White House is concerned that a new Iran sanctions bill addressing punitive measures against Moscow does not include any national security waivers, Director for Legislative Affairs Mark Short said in a press briefing on Monday. "What we are concerned about is the legislation legally sets an unusual precedent of interrogating foreign ...

Press TV- Irans Parliament is weighing a countermeasure against a US Congress bill to impose new sanctions on the Islamic Republic over its missile program, support for resistance groups and rights abuse accusations. Last week, US senators voted 98-2 to pass the Countering Iran's Destabilizing Activities Act. Before it is signed into law by ...

Iranian Diplomacy- The new sanctions passed in the US Senate need approval in the House of Representatives. Do you think they will be passed easily?   Given the harsher stance in the House of Representatives against Iran, it does not seem that the bill would face a major obstacle. Of course, issues have been brought up recently that indicate ...

June 17,The Iran Project Because of Irans influence in the region, Europeans will put pressure on the United States to prevent it from issuing new sanctions against the Islamic Republic, says a member of Iran's parliament. Speaking to a reporter on Saturday, Jalil Rahimi Jahan Abadi stated that due to the fact that investment in Iran and the countrys ...

June 13,The Iran Project An Iranian lawmaker has stressed that Iran's parliament will certainly draw up a counter-plan to the US Senate bill to respond to Washington's hostile behavior. Speaking to a reporter on Tuesday, Seyyed Hossein Naghavi Hosseini said following US Senate bill to impose new sanctions on Iran, Parliaments National Security ...

IFP - The US secretary of state has called inhumane the sanctions imposed on Qatar by a number of Arab states and expressed concerns over the impacts of the sanctions on trade ties between his country and Qatar. This comes as Washington continues to put considerable efforts into applying illegal sanctions on Iran. Just two days after ...

FNA- Iranian deputy Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araqchi blasted the US Senate bill against Iran as contradictory to the spirit of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). "The US Senate's sanctions bill against Iran is against the principle of good will and successful implementation of the nuclear deal, also known as the Joint Comprehensive ...

Reuters- The U.S. Senate voted overwhelmingly on Wednesday to advance a bill that would impose new sanctions on Iran, the same day at least 12 people were killed in attacks in Tehran, as lawmakers planned to add a package of sanctions on Russia to the measure. The vote was 92-7 on a procedural motion to end debate on the Iran sanctions bill, clearing ...