After several months of negotiations in the Committee on Foreign Relations, the full Senate on June 15, 2017 considered and passed a bipartisan bill by a vote of 98-2 seeking to hold both Iran and Russia accountable for their recent destabilizing activities in world affairs. S. 722 at Title I contains the Iran component of
Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani Wins Re-Election
Press reports have confirmed that Iran’s president Hassan Rouhani, a moderate who negotiated the joint nuclear deal and who has sought more positive relationships with western powers, won re-election over the hard-right conservative challenger, cleric Ebrahim Raisi. Rouhani reportedly received 57 percent of the vote to Raisi’s 38.5 percent, with the remaining votes split among…
Trump Administration Continues Waiver of Nuclear-Related Sanctions on Iran, Sanctions Iranian Officials for Ballistic Missile Program
The Trump administration has renewed a necessary waiver regarding U.S. sanctions on Iran’s crude oil exports. This will allow Iran to continue to sell its oil in the international market despite existing U.S. sanctions that must be periodically waived under the terms of the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran.
The Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign…