TEHRAN U.S. Rep. Keith Ellison believes that U.S. President Barack Obama should give negotiations with Iran a real chance and that stepping up sanctions against Iran will not resolve the dispute over its nuclear program. The 50-year-old Democrat from Minnesota, who in 2006 was the first Muslim to be elected to Congress, made the remarks in an interview ...

A group of US lawmakers have launched a campaign to urge the Congress to postpone a bill aimed at slapping tougher sanctions against Iran over its nuclear energy program. Democratic representatives Jim McDermott, John Conyers, Keith Ellison and Jim McGovern are collecting signatures for a letter to urge the House leadership to delay the scheduled ...