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Obama administration officials say they continued to aggressively enforce sanctions against Iran throughout the negotiations, are still doing so, and will strictly enforce the remaining sanctions after the deal is implemented.

The first bodies of Iranians killed in a stampede at the Haj arrived home from Saudi Arabia yesterday.

Should Iran gain US consent-by-silence as a further reward for its “good intentions” and establish itself in the territory bordering the Israeli Golan Heights while it seeks to “liberate Jerusalem”, it will prove yet another obstacle for Turkey in addition...

Iran and Saudi Arabia have been locked in a war of words over last week’s stampede, with Riyadh accusing Tehran of politicizing the tragedy and Iran demanding an apology from Saudi Arabia, which it says mismanaged the Hajj.

“The Saudi obstinacy, playing a] blame game and shirking its heavy responsibility for the death of several thousand pilgrims of the House of God will further tarnish Saudi Arabia’s image in the world“, Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokeswoman, Marzieh Afkham,...

The State Department said Iran’s support for terrorism was “undiminished” in 2014.

In an interview with The Associated Press Thursday, Yukiya Amano said he is convinced the process was faultless.

“Besides, we should always be wary of buying into the narrative that claims that Iran is a primarily an Israeli concern”. When Iran started developing its uranium resources, many began to worry that Iran would build a bomb, thus sanctions were placed on the country....

For more than a decade Iran has forbidden the IAEA access to the Parchin military installation, where the United Nations nuclear watchdog suspects Iran carried out work on designs for detonator devices that could be used in a nuclear weapon and could fit in a ballistic missile...

Diplomats had stated Fri.in that Yukiya Amano of the U.N.’s global Atomic Energy Agency was planning such a visit.

Sen. James Lankford (R-Okla.) said during a speech on the Senate floor Tuesday that he is “astounded” the legislative chamber would sign off on the Iranian nuclear deal without first reading the agreement.

Efforts made in the nuclear negotiations were not only aimed at preserving the previous achievements, Rouhani said, addressing a gathering of managers of the Iranian knowledge-based companies in Tehran on Wednesday.

The Senate voted Tuesday 56-42 for the second time in a week to block a resolution that would have disapproved of the deal.

“It’s necessary that Iran receive the message that the U.S.is prepared to destroy any and all capability and facilities without warning or prolonged negotiation”, said Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-CA, who supports the bill along with Rep. Adam Kinzinger, R-IL, and Rep....

President Obama is set to implement his historic nuclear deal with Iran as soon as this week, barring a stunning flip-flop by Senate Democrats who’ve already blocked GOP attempts to derail the deal and are slated to repeat that assist to the White House on Tuesday.