Iran's foreign minister warned Arab neighbors on Thursday not to do Washington's bidding in the escalating controversy over U.S. sanctions and Iran's threat to close the Strait of Hormuz. The U.S. has been pressuring its allies to place additional economic sanctions...
A European Union oil embargo on Iran, pushed stringently by the United States, is likely to be delayed for six months to let economically troubled countries such as Greece, Italy and Spain find alternative supplies, according to an EU official. The harsh sanctions on...
President Obama and Secretary of State Clinton today called for Syria's President Bashar al-Assad to step down after months of bloody crackdowns on peaceful protesters that have killed as many as 2,000 people. Clinton also announced even harsher sanctions on Syria....
A bipartisan group of 92 U.S. Senators signed a letter urging President Barack Obama to impose additional sanctions on the Iranian regime. “The time has come to impose crippling sanctions on Iran’s financial system by cutting off the CBI,” the senators wrote,...
