Bloomberg- Iran urged Barack Obama to block a law that would extend the U.S. president’s authority to impose sanctions on the Islamic Republic, calling it a violation of the Iranian nuclear deal.
On Thursday, the Senate voted 99-0 to extend the Iran Sanctions Act, which authorizes a president to prevent investment in Iran’s energy sector and other sensitive industries. While Obama has waived most sanctions under the nuclear accord, congressional leaders said keeping them in reserve provides valuable leverage against Iran. White House spokesman Eric Schultz said the bill won’t interfere with the U.S.-led nuclear agreement and he expected the president to sign it.
“If this law is implemented it will be a blatant violation of the Iran deal and it will lead to our resolute answer,” Iranian President Hassan Rouhani told parliament on Sunday.
In response to the Senate vote, more than 260 members of Iran’s 290-seat parliament have called on Rouhani’s government to take unspecified reciprocal action against the U.S., Ahmad Amir-Abadi Farahani, a member of parliament’s presiding board, said in a statement cited by the official Islamic Republic News Agency. more here
Hey, Iran – guess how many finger I’m holding up?
Um yeah. The Donald will cut off the ayatollah’s head and shit down his neck.
“…Lawmakers interrupted Rouhani’s appearance in parliament, which was broadcast live on state television. Some briefly chanted “Death to America”…”
Yeaahh, that engaging rather than isolating tactic is really working, isn’t it.
It doesn’t matter what kind of agreement Iran signs with anyone. They do what they want anyway. And then when they don’t get their way they threaten. Screw you!
Like anything OBOBO has ever done, its full of crap and stupid. Such a brainiac…NOT. The shitstain he has left on the presidency and on racists blacks will never go away. Unifier my ass. Biggest divider ever in history. NICE legacy there, Hussein!
The only people who haven’t pushed around Obama are the republicans in congress.
They’re the only people on the planet who Obama has rolled and pushed around. They ought to be ashamed of themselves.