The U.S. Congress has decided not to impose additional sanctions against Iran at the time of the agreement concluded on 24 October in Geneva with "the group of six" negotiating with the Islamic Republic.
The decision to postpone consideration of new sanctions against Iran was made yesterday by Senate Banking Committee Chairman Tim Johnson, who just received the relevant bill on his desk.
"The U.S. President and Secretary of State Kerry presented convincing arguments to prove that Congress should take a pause in the process of discussions on new sanctions against Iran”, the senator said. “So I'm inclined to support their request and to take no action on this issue in our committee", Johnson said, AzerTAc reports.
Now this document will remain there for as long as the head of the committee does not hold a hearing and a vote on it. The Senate Banking Committee is responsible, inter alia, for financial and economic sanctions against foreign countries.
The U.S. administration in recent weeks has taken efforts to persuade Congress to refrain from imposing additional punitive measures against Iran and not to interfere with the implementation of the Geneva deal. To this end, President Barack Obama met with lawmakers at the White House, and Secretary of State John Kerry held closed briefings on Capitol Hill for them.
