TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — A senior council of Iranian clerics and lawyers on Wednesday approved implementing the landmark nuclear deal with world powers, sealing the final required step in the process despite hard-liners’ efforts to derail it. The Guardian Council’s vote, while apparently not unanimous, marks a major victory for the administration of moderate President … Continue reading
WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Ash Carter is still unsure of Russia’s military intentions in Syria but intends no further conversations unless Moscow agrees to participate in talks aimed at a political solution to the civil war, Carter’s spokesman said Tuesday. Spokesman Peter Cook said Carter delivered that message to Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu … Continue reading
WASHINGTON (AP) — A last-ditch GOP attempt to derail the Iran nuclear deal failed in the Senate Thursday, and defeated Republicans said they would move on and leave the fight against the Iran accord to the next president. Senators voted 53-44 to block a measure preventing the Obama administration from lifting sanctions against Iran unless … Continue reading
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican presidential rivals and friends-for-now Donald Trump and Ted Cruz on Wednesday savaged the proposed nuclear agreement with Iran, calling it an incompetently negotiated deal that will cost “countless” American and Israeli lives. “We are led by very, very stupid people,” Trump, the GOP front-runner weighed in, at a midday rally on … Continue reading
WASHINGTON (AP) — Eight years, two presidential elections and one shared commitment to the nuclear deal with Iran later, Hillary Rodham Clinton is delicately resurrecting her 2008 critique of Barack Obama’s approach to world affairs. In a speech on Wednesday, the Democratic presidential candidate once again positioned herself as the hawkish alternative to the president, … Continue reading
EDGARTOWN, Mass. (AP) — President Barack Obama is promising Democratic lawmakers that the U.S. will continue to keep economic pressure on Iran — and keep military options open — if his administration’s nuclear deal with Tehran goes through. Obama, in a letter addressed to New York Democratic Rep. Jerrold Nadler, said that if Iran rushes … Continue reading
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