Obama allows Iran sanctions renewal without signing bill
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By AFP 3 hours ago in World
President Barack Obama allowed US sanctions against Iran to be renewed on Thursday, but in a surprise move declined to actually sign the legislation that brings the sanctions into force.
"The extension of the Iran Sanctions Act is becoming law without the president's signature," White House spokesman Josh Earnest said in a statement.
The president, who had previously been expected to sign the measure, symbolically let slide a midnight deadline to ink his name on the legislation -- which he has called unnecessary -- meaning the 10-year sanctions renewal will automatically become law.
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