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U.S. Senate votes to limit Trump’s ability to wage war against Iran

The U.S. Senate passed a legislation on Thursday to limit President Donald Trump’s ability to wage war against Iran.

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U.S. House passes legislation to stop Trump from a war with Iran

The U.S. House of Representatives passed two pieces of a legislation on Thursday seeking to limit President Donald Trump’s ability to go to war with Iran.

U.S. lawmakers pass bill on Iranian officials’ assets

TEHRAN – The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill on Wednesday obliging the Treasury Department to publish a report chronicling the financial assets of top Iranian officials.

U.S. House passes bill tightening controls on Iran plane sales

TEHRAN - The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill on Thursday that would require Treasury Department to report to Congress on Iranian purchases of U.S. aircraft and how those sales are financed.

U.S. House to vote on new Iran sanctions next week

The U.S. House of Representatives will vote next week on new sanctions targeting Iran’s ballistic missile program which Iran has been insisting is for defensive purposes, GOP leaders said on Friday.

Plane purchase deals unfazed by Congress vote, Iran says

TEHRAN - The recent voting of the U.S. Congress to block sales of commercial aircraft to Iran will have no effect on the plane purchase deals already signed by Iran and international companies, head of the Civil Aviation Organization of Iran Ali Abedzadeh said on Friday.

Iran warns to respond firmly to U.S. House ‘hostile’ move 

TEHRAN - Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said on Wednesday that Tehran will respond “firmly” to the U.S. House’s move in approving new sanctions against Iran, describing the move as a “clear hostile action”.

U.S. House passes measure to negotiate sea incidents with Iran 

TEHRAN – The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday unanimously passed a measure which requires the Pentagon to consider options for negotiating an Incidents at Sea Agreement with Iran and other countries operating in the Persian Gulf.