WASHINGTON (AP) -- Congress is pressing ahead with a new package of crippling sanctions on Iran, expanding on financial penalties and targeting Tehran's energy and shipping sectors in the hope that economic pressure undercuts its suspected nuclear weapons program....
House, Senate Negotiators Back New Iran Sanctions
By DONNA CASSATA, Associated Press
Tue, 07/31/2012 - 12:32am
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