US to Iran: No sanctions relief without nuclear transparency - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Julian Pecquet

Julian Pecquet

Jun 10, 2014

U.S. Representative Eliot Engel (D-NY) speaks to the media before attending a closed meeting for members of Congress on the situation in Syria at the U.S. Capitol in Washington September 1, 2013. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS CONFLICT) - RTX133XB — US Rep. Eliot Engel, D-N.Y., speaks to the media before attending a closed meeting for members of Congress on the situation in Syria at the US Capitol in Washington, Sept. 1, 2013. — REUTERS/Joshua Roberts

U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Robert Menendez (D-NJ) (R) and ranking member Senator Bob Corker (R-TN) (L) hold a news conference after a Senate vote on an aid package for Ukraine at the U.S. Capitol in Washington March 27, 2014. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS) - RTR3IVO6

Congress to press administration on Iran nuclear deal

Julian Pecquet

(L-R) U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, European Union Foreign Policy Chief Catherine Ashton, and Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif are photographed as they participate in a trilateral meeting in Vienna October 15, 2014. REUTERS/Carolyn Kaster/Pool (AUSTRIA - Tags: POLITICS) - RTR4A9TZ

Can Iran transparency overcome covert nuclear past?

Edward P. Levine

Edward P. Levine

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry (C) is escorted by Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA) (L), chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and Rep. Eliot Engel (D-NY) (R) before giving testimony on Capitol Hill in Washington April 17, 2013. REUTERS/Gary Cameron (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS) - RTXYPB6

Republicans eye new Iran sanctions

Julian Pecquet

(From L) Senator Tim Johnson (D-SD), chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, confers with Senator Richard Shelby (R-AL) during their hearing on the collapse of MF Global in Washington April 24, 2012.
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Congress likely to hold off on Iran sanctions, Senator proposes defining final deal

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