UN Open To Mediate After US Court Approves Illegal Seizure Of $2B From Iranian Central Bank

The move came after the US Supreme Court voted to approved controversial seizure of $2 billion in Iranian central bank assets.

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From left: Robert Malley, of the US National Security Council, US Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz, US Secretary of State John Kerry, US Under Secretary for Political Affairs Wendy Sherman, Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, Head of Iranian Atomic Energy Organization Ali Akbar Salehi and Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif wait for a meeting, Friday, March 27, 2015 in Lausanne, Switzerland. The Iranian and US officials are in Switzerland to continue negotiations on the Iranian nuclear program. (AP Photo/Brendan Smialowski, Pool)

Responding to Iran’s public calls for UN intervention after the US Supreme Court signed off on the seizure of nearly $2 billion in Iranian central bank assets to pay victims of a 1983 bombing in Beirut, Lebanon, UN officials are saying they are open “in principle” to mediating. UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric says that Secretary-General Ban

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Despite Nuclear Deal, US Pressures EU Allies To Isolate Iran

US Secretary of State John Kerry, left, meets with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, right, in Vienna, Austria, Saturday, Jan. 16, 2016, on what is expected to be implementation day, the day the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) verifies that Iran has met all conditions under the nuclear deal.Despite Nuclear Deal, US Pressures EU Allies to Isolate Iran

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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, right, during official talks with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, left, in Geneva, Switzerland, Saturday, May 30, 2015.

In exchange for providing assurances that it was not pursuing nuclear weapons, Iran was guaranteed a gradual end to international sanctions as part of the P5+1 deal. But Iran has accused the United States of violating the accord by discouraging the international financial community from investing in Tehran. "To date, all the Western countries

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Despite Compliance By Iran, US Still Blocking Legal Iranian Financial Deals

This all amounts to an admission that the US sanctions relief from the P5+1 deal was, as described by Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, largely “on paper.”

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John Kerry, Javad Zarif Iran US feature photo

Just weeks after the US denied allegations it was deterring foreign banks from doing business with Iran, the State Department today sought to assure Congress that they are very much barring Iran from accessing the US-dominated financial system. Undersecretary Thomas Shannon insisted that the “rumors” that Iran was free to make transactions in US

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‘Diplomacy Works’: Peace Groups Hail Iran Deal; Clinton Talks Like A Hawk

‘The implementation of the agreement proves that diplomacy works’

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Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton gestures as she speaks at a town hall at the Toledo Civic Center in Toledo, Iowa, Monday, Jan. 18, 2016. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Democratic Presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) suggested Sunday that the Obama administration's deal struck with Iran would never have happened had Hillary Clinton been president instead of Barack Obama. Speaking on Meet the Press Sunday morning, Sanders said: “If you think back to, I think it was 2007, during the campaign in

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Kerry: Iran Only Days Away From Implementation Of Nuclear Pact

Iran was initially not expected to implement everything until spring, and early on US officials were expressing annoyance that Iran was complying “too fast.”

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John Kerry, Javad Zarif Iran US feature photo

It’s been coming for awhile, but according to Secretary of State John Kerry, Iran is just “days” away from a final implementation of all of its obligations under the P5+1 nuclear deal, setting the stage for sanctions relief under the pact’s terms. Once Iran is done, it will just be a question of how quickly the IAEA can verify the

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US May Lift Sanctions On Iran As Early As January

Iran’s implementation of the deal obliges the US to end sanctions.

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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, right, during official talks with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, left, in Geneva, Switzerland, Saturday, May 30, 2015.

Though they are facing considerable pushback from Congressional Republicans, who largely opposed the deal in the first place, administration officials have informed the Senate that Iran is quickly fulfilling its obligations under the P5+1 deal, and the US may be obliged to lift sanctions earlier than they’d expected. The US had initially planned

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