Tag: Iran

White House press secretary Josh Earnest said "reports that the U.S. is considering allowing Iran to get access to the U.S. financial system are false." (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

WH vague on sanctions relief plan for Iran

Susan Crabtree · April 5, 2016 6:42 pm

Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Sen. Bob Corker said that the GOP will pass legislation to block Iran's access to the dollar-based transactions and the U.S. financial system. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Corker: GOP will pass bill to block Iran’s access to dollar

Susan Crabtree · April 5, 2016 3:09 pm

Secretary of State John Kerry said that Iran deserves to have sanctions lifted under the Iran nuclear agreement because it has so far lived up to its obligations under that deal. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

National Security

Kerry: Iran ‘deserves’ sanctions relief under nuclear deal

Kelly Cohen, Pete Kasperowicz · April 5, 2016 12:45 pm

Critics argue the administration is intentionally misleading Congress, and is planning moves that will allow it to say it isn't technically violating the law. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

GOP: Obama ‘deceptive’ on Iran financial sanctions

Susan Crabtree · April 5, 2016 4:01 am

A State Department spokesman indicated that he agrees there are ways the U.S. can get Iran access to dollar-denominated transactions. (Simon Dawson/Bloomberg)

State hints at dollar transactions between Iran, foreign banks

Pete Kasperowicz · April 4, 2016 7:17 pm

"How many Americans must die at the hands of unlawful criminal immigrants before the Obama administration takes a serious look at the failure of its own policies?" askedÂ Representative Bob Goodlatte. (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg)

House Republicans aren’t giving up on curbing incoming refugees

Susan Ferrechio · April 4, 2016 4:01 am

"I hate seeing President Obama today saying that 'Iran has violated our agreement,'" Donald Trump said Saturday evening during his third campaign event of the day in Wisconsin. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

National Security

Trump excoriates ‘baby’ Obama and ‘mentally abused’ Kerry for Iran deal

Daniel Chaitin · April 3, 2016 3:03 am

President Barack Obama listens to a question during a news conference at the conclusion of the Nuclear Security Summit in Washington, Friday, April 1, 2016. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Washington Secrets

Obama report card: Jobs, nuke summit, approval rating split graders

Paul Bedard · April 2, 2016 11:28 am

President Obama said that his administration is not considering allowing Iran to use dollars for some business transactions. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Obama says no dollars for Iran

Nicole Duran · April 2, 2016 1:59 am

Clinton has consistently portrayed it as a European and Middle East undertaking that the U.S. supported.Â (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Lawmaker: Companies must not be ‘accomplices’ to Iranian terrorism

Joel Gehrke · April 1, 2016 6:04 pm

"These reports are deeply concerning," Ryan said. "As Iran continues to undermine the spirit of its nuclear agreement with illicit ballistic missile tests, the Obama administration is going out of its way to help Tehran reopen for business. The president should abandon this idea." (Graeme Jennings/Examiner File)

Ryan warns Obama not to give Iran dollar access

Nicole Duran · March 31, 2016 8:02 pm

Leaders of the seven world powers that brokered the Iran nuclear weapons deal will meet Friday, except for Russia. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak, File)

National Security

Iran nuclear negotiators, minus Russia, to meet Friday

Nicole Duran · March 31, 2016 5:47 pm