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Obama administration to tighten pressure on Iran, aide says
WASHINGTON – The Obama administration said Wednesday that it would add more sanctions on Iran in an effort to dissuade Tehran from continuing its nuclear program, but stopped short of backing tough new penalties that lawmakers are considering....
Tags: John Kerry, Crime, Law and Justice, Energy Resources, U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, Elections
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Options for action in Syria
Outrage. That's what we should feel over the Syrian government's slaughter of more than 70,000 of its own people and its use of chemical weapons. And outrage is what we should feel over the international community's total impotence. Despite nearly...Tags: Biological and Chemical Weapons, Libyan No-Fly Zone (2011), Unrest, Conflicts and War, Weaponry, Bashar Assad
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Senate bill aims to toughen Iran sanctions
WASHINGTON — A bipartisan group of senators introduced legislation Wednesday that would sharply toughen U.S. economic sanctions on Iran despite administration calls for Congress to delay penalties that could disrupt diplomacy aimed at resolving...
Tags: U.S. Department of State, U.S. Senate, John Kerry, Economic Sanctions, Petroleum Industry
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Iranian presidential candidates register for June election
TEHRAN — Iranian presidential candidates began registering Tuesday for the national election next month to choose a successor to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Although there has been considerable political suspense over who will run, voter enthusiasm has...Tags: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Political Candidates, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran, Elections
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Iran points at Syrian rebels in warning about chemical weapons
Echoing the words of President Obama, the Iranian foreign minister reportedly said Tuesday that unleashing chemical weapons in Syria would be a “red line” for Tehran. But Ali Akbar Salehi also suggested rebels were to blame for such attacks,...
Tags: United Nations, Biological and Chemical Weapons, Barack Obama, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Pervez Musharraf
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Secretary of State John Kerry urges against new Iran sanctions
WASHINGTON — Secretary of State John F. Kerry implored Congress on Thursday not to impose tough new sanctions on Iran, warning that such a move could disrupt diplomacy over Tehran's disputed nuclear program at a delicate moment. Appearing before...Tags: U.S. Department of State, United Nations, John Kerry, Elections, U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
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Kerry: Beijing to work with U.S. to quell North Korea nuke threat
BEIJING -- After meeting with top Chinese leaders Saturday, Secretary of State John Kerry said Beijing had pledged to work with the United States to urge North Korea to abandon its nuclear weapons. "There is no question in my mind that China is...
Tags: John Kerry, Crime, Law and Justice, Beijing (China), Justice and Rights, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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U.S. slaps sanctions on Iranian businessman, companies
WASHINGTON – The Treasury Department slapped sanctions Thursday on an Iranian businessman and a network of banks and companies dealing with Tehran amid an international stalemate over Iran’s disputed nuclear program. The move targeted...
Tags: United Nations, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, Manufacturing and Engineering, Tehran (Iran), Malaysia
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Intrigue swirls as Iran prepares to choose next president
TEHRAN — The reform movement that took to the streets to protest alleged vote-rigging in Iran's last presidential election has been crushed. The supreme leader has made it clear that such behavior will not be tolerated this time. But that doesn'...Tags: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Religion and Belief, Elections, Tehran (Iran), Bashar Assad
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Letters: Nukes and Iran's leaders
Re "Nuclear talks with Iran stall," April 7 In Iran, the nuclear program has long been a point of consensus across the country's political spectrum, among both hard-liners and moderates. Being a nuclear power is a matter of survival for the ruling...Tags: Iran
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Iran nuclear talks unproductive
WASHINGTON — The latest round of international negotiations over Iran's disputed nuclear program concluded Saturday with no sign of progress and the future of the fitful diplomatic effort uncertain. Officials from Iran and the six world powers had...Tags: U.S. Department of State, Barack Obama, Petroleum Industry, Industrial Production, Manufacturing and Engineering
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EU: Nuclear talks with Iran have failed
ALMATY, Kazakhstan (AP) — Iran and six world powers failed to reach agreement Saturday on an approach to reducing fears that Tehran might use its nuclear technology to make weapons, with the EU's foreign policy chief declaring that the two sides...
Tags: Nuclear Weapons, Iran, European Union, Tehran (Iran)
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