Iran rejects Macron call for talks on Iranian missiles 11/12/2017 3:29:13 PM A display featuring missiles and a portrait of Irans Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is seen at Baharestan Square in Tehran, Iran DUBAI, Reuters, November 12, 2017  - Iran rejected on Sunday a call by French President Emmanuel Macron for talks on Tehran's ballistic missiles, saying they were defensive and unrelated to a nuclear agreement with world powers. On Thursday, Macron said during a visit to Dubai that he was 'very concerned' by Iran's ballistic missile programme, mentioning a missile fired from Yemen and intercepted by Saudi Arabia earlier this month. He raised the prospect of possible sanctions with regard to those activities. 'There are negotiations we need to start on Iran's ballistic missiles,' Macron said. But Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qassemi rejected that possibility. 'France is fully aware of our country'...

Steven Mnuchin Presses Allies to Tighten Iran Sanctions 11/2/2017 10:27:51 AM   facebook Google+ ► Print A missile and a portrait of Khamenei are displayed at Baharestan Square in Tehran DOHA, the Wall Street Journal, Oct. 30, 2017 —The Trump administration wants to work with Washington’s allies to ramp up sanctions on Iran, U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said in an interview Monday, but he stopped short of calling for special action against firms conducting business with Iran’s military corps, which the administration has targeted for added scrutiny. In high-level meetings this past week in Saudi Arabia, Israel, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar, Mr. Mnuchin tried to ratchet up the pressure on Iran and crack down on terror financing in the region. The Trump administration’s threats to pull out of a landmark 2015 nuclear deal with Iran and an escalating U.S. sanctions regime against Tehran have rattled allies. Many fear Washington’s new ...

Draft Senate Iran legislation sets tough new U.S. terms for deal 10/25/2017 8:52:05 AM   facebook Google+ ► Print A display featuring missiles and a portrait of Khamenei, the Mullahs Supreme Leader at Baharestan Square in Tehran WASHINGTON (Reuters) OCTOBER 25, 2017  - Draft legislation responding to U.S. President Donald Trump’s refusal to certify the Iran nuclear deal would set tough new terms for the pact, including restoring sanctions if Iran tests a ballistic missile a ble to carry a warhead or bars nuclear inspectors from any sites. Critics of the legislation drafted by Republican Senators Bob Corker and Tom Cotton, with support from the Trump administration, said it could put the United States in violation of the international agreement if it were enacted. The draft, seen by Reuters on Tuesday, was in the works on Oct. 13 when Trump announced he would not formally certify that Tehran was complying with the international nuclear pact...