TIMES OF ISRAEL
White House said to delay new Iran sanctions
by AFP and Sue Surkes
January 1, 2016

The White House has delayed plans to slap new sanctions on Iran over its test-firing of ballistic missiles, a US news report said Thursday, amid fears it could jeopardize a hard-won nuclear deal with Tehran. The Wall Street Journal, quoting unnamed US officials, said that financial sanctions being developed by the US Treasury Department remain on the table, after the decision to delay them. At one point they were scheduled to be announced Wednesday in Washington, the newspaper said, citing a notification the White House sent to Congress. The officials gave no definitive timeline for when the sanctions would be imposed, it said…A senior administration official said in a statement to AFP that “we’ve been looking for some time‎ at options for additional actions related to Iran’s ballistic missile program. READ MORE