Iran News Roundup 11/15
Details and questions about explosion near Tehran that killed IRGC general Skepticism is emerging about Tehran’s claims that the recent explosion in Iran was an accident and not an Israeli attack. The NY times reported one of the casualties in the explosion was a Revolutionary Guard general who was a key figure in developing Iran’s […]
Toxic sanctions
On Tuesday, the Obama Administration announced a new round of sanctions against seven companies that were found in violation of Iran energy sanctions passed into law last year. One of the companies, PDVSA, was sanctioned for selling Iran a compound called reformate—which is used to make gasoline burn cleaner. As reported in December by the […]
“Iran Threat Reduction Act” gaining Republican support in House
cross posted from NIACouncil.org Late last month, the ranking member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, introduced H.R. 1208, the “Iran Threat Reduction Act of 2009.” The bill now has 48 cosponsors–all Republicans. Rep. Ros-Lehtinen has also introduced three other resolutions focused on Iran in the three months since the beginning of […]