Tag: Sanctions

Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, R-Fla., said the Senior Advisor for Sanctions Policy and Iran Coordinator would help strengthen Congress' oversight of Iran, and ensure "greater enforcement of sanctions." (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Lawmaker asks Ryan to create congressional advisor on Iran

Pete Kasperowicz · January 2, 2016 5:01 am

The financial sanctions would have punished a dozen groups for assisting Iran in testing its missile program. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)

White House suddenly delays Iran sanctions

Anna Giaritelli · January 1, 2016 1:04 am

The launch of Iran's long-range ballistic missileÂ does appear to be a violation of U.N. resolutions barring development of such weapons, the White House and State Department said. (Iranian Defense Ministry via AP)

National Security

U.S. preparing sanctions on Iran missile program

Jacqueline Klimas · December 30, 2015 9:40 pm

White House press secretary Josh Earnest said Secretary of State John Kerry will meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin next week in Moscow. (Joshua Roberts/Pool Photo via AP)

Kerry to talk Ukraine, Syria with Putin next week

Nicole Duran · December 11, 2015 8:32 pm

Iran conducted a new test of a medium-range ballistic missile capable of carrying a nuclear warhead, according to a report. (Photo by Mohammad Sadegh Heydari via Wikimedia Commons)

National Security

Report: Iran tests new ballistic missile

Charles Hoskinson · December 7, 2015 10:35 pm

Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Yukiya Amano, right, welcomes Iranian deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi to the IAEA headquarters in Vienna on Nov. 24. (AP Photo)

Lawmakers fight to keep Iran sanctions

Charles Hoskinson · December 7, 2015 5:01 am

Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev says Russia will not pursue military action against Turkey, but instead impose sanctions against the Turkish economy. (Alexander Astafyev/RIA Novosti, Government Press Service Pool Photo via AP file)

Russia slaps Turkey with sanctions over downed jet

Gabby Morrongiello · November 26, 2015 4:01 pm

A group of Burundi former and current officials is accused of overseeing and ordering torture, participating in a failed coup attempt and violently repressing government protestors, among other acts. (AP Photo)

Obama declares emergency in Burundi, sanctions leaders

Nicole Duran · November 23, 2015 5:56 pm

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro calls U.S. sanctions against Venezuelan officials an "international illegality."Â (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

National Security

Venezuela threatens to sue the United States

Daniel Chaitin · October 31, 2015 3:05 pm

Iran's President Hassan Rouhani, right, shakes hands with the International Atomic Energy Agency's director-general, Yukiya Amano, as they pose for photos at the start of their meeting in Tehran, Iran, Thursday, July 2, 2015. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

IAEA: Iran met key deadline for nuclear deal

Nicole Duran · October 15, 2015 8:29 pm

Going Easy on Iran

Going Easy on Iran

Geoffrey Norman · October 6, 2015 7:34 pm

President Obama would like to lift all trade and travel restrictions to Cuba, but only Congress can fully eliminate the embargo, so the administration is using its executive authority to expand export exceptions. (AP)

Obama regs chip away at Cuba embargo

Susan Crabtree · September 18, 2015 2:35 am