The US Senate rejected on Tuesday the resolution that would have banned the proposed sale of 280 advanced medium range air-to-air missiles to Saudi Arabia.
Iranian Labour News Agency
The US Senate rejected on Tuesday the resolution that would have banned the proposed sale of 280 advanced medium range air-to-air missiles to Saudi Arabia.
US President Donald Trump delivered his third State of the Union address on Tuesday, the eve of his expected impeachment acquittal, in the US Senate.
The US Senate has failed in its latest bid to block the controversial sale of $8.1bn (£6.5bn) worth of weapons to Saudi Arabia.
A top parliamentary commission is to convene an extraordinary meeting Today to consider an anti-American bill in response to a new sanctions measure passed by the US Congress, the panel's spokesperson said.
US Senators on Thursday voted 98-2 on a bill, which would give Congress the ability to block American Presdient Donald Trump from lifting the Russia sanctions. It also includes new penalties against Iran and North Korea.
Iranian Ambassador to London Hamid Baeedinejad said on Saturday that it is too soon to show reaction to the US senate anti-Iranian bill.
Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi has said the US Senate’s move to impose new sanctions on Iran is contradicts the nuclear deal, officially called the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).
In a grave breach of Iran's nuclear deal with P5+1, the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee has approved legislation that would authorize President Donald Trump to impose new sanctions against Iran.