The Senate's Democratic leadership is shielding US President Barack Obama from potentially embarrassing fallout by refusing to vote on new sanctions against Iran, the chamber's top Republican warned Wednesday.
President Barack Obama gave the go-ahead for fresh sanctions against Iran's oil sector Friday, judging there is enough oil on world markets to ensure the move will not hit US consumers.
SYDNEY — Australia expanded sanctions against Iran to restrict business with the country's petroleum and financial sectors as concern mounts over Tehran's suspected nuclear weapons programme.
WASHINGTON  US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced Tuesday that the major world powers have clinched "strong draft" UN sanctions in a response to an Iran-Turkey-Brazil deal.
