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US Puts Squeeze on Iran Amid Calls for UN Sanctions

By Joseph SchumanMar 10th 2010 – 9:57PM
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Getty Images / AP

(March 10) -- The United States is intensifying pressure on Iran commercially and diplomatically amid the push for new international sanctions targeting Tehran's nuclear program. President Barack Obama late Wednesday signed executive orders renewing the International Emergency Economic Powers Act "to deal with the unusual...

Iran and the Disappearing Deadline

By Joseph SchumanJan 5th 2010 – 4:54PM
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AFP / Getty Images

(Jan. 5) – In the parlance of diplomacy, there are soft deadlines and there are hard deadlines. And then there is Iran. The Obama administration's autumn threats to impose new sanctions if Tehran didn't compromise on its nuclear program by year's end have all but disappeared now that 2010 is here. That underscores...

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