Senate set to vote on 10-year extension of Iran sanction law

The Senate is moving ahead on renewing a decades-old law allowing the U.S. to slap companies with economic sanctions for doing business with Iran.


A vote is set for Thursday on a 10-year extension of the Iran Sanctions Act, so Tehran can be punished if it violates terms of the landmark nuclear deal. If the Senate approves the House-passed bill, it goes to President Barack Obama for his signature.

The White House had previously said Obama wouldn't sign the measure if it would undermine the nuclear deal.
  [dailystar.com.lb/AP]
1/12/16

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