New U.S. sanctions bill delayed by concern over Iran electionWASHINGTON (Reuters) - A bill to slap new sanctions on Iran has been delayed in the U.S. Senate due to concerns about Iran’s May presidential election, in which conservative hardliners hope to defeat moderate President Hassan Rouhani, U.S. lawmakers said on Tuesday. A group of Democratic and Republican senators introduced the bill in March seeking to impose tighter U.S. sanctions on Iran over ballistic missile launches and other non-nuclear activities, echoing a harder line on Tehran espoused by Republican President Donald Trump. But on Tuesday, the Republican chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Bob Corker, said the bill would not move forward for now. “We’ve got a Iran sanctions bill that has a number of co-sponsors that wasn’t able to markup at present because of concerns about how the European Union might react and (Iranian) elections that are coming up,” Corker said during a hearing on the EU as a U.S. partner in dealings with Russia. A markup is when a committee meets to debate legislation and to consider amendments. Corker was a co-sponsor of the new sanctions bill, as were several other Democratic and Republican members of the Foreign Relations Committee. As he has campaigned, Rouhani has called for greater individual freedoms and highlighted as a signature achievement the 2015 diplomatic breakthrough reached with the United States and other world powers, in which Iran curbed its nuclear program in exchange for relief from international sanctions. The lawmakers who wrote the bill said it had been written specifically not to interfere with the nuclear accord. But Iran has suggested that it would consider past proposed sanctions bills violations of the international pact reached during the administration of former U.S. President Barack Obama, a Democrat. Every Republican in the U.S. Congress opposed the nuclear agreement. Trump criticized it while he campaigned for president in 2016, but his administration has so far said that it would seek to strictly enforce the pact rather than tear it up. politicsNews
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Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: New U.S. sanctions bill delayed by concern over Iran electionWASHINGTON (Reuters) - A bill to slap new sanctions on Iran has been delayed in the U.S. Senate due to concerns about Iran’s May presidential election, in which conservative hardliners hope to defeat moderate President Hassan Rouhani, U.S. lawmakers said on Tuesday. A group of Democratic and Republican senators introduced the bill in March seeking to impose tighter U.S. sanctions on Iran over ballistic missile launches and other non-nuclear activities, echoing a harder line on Tehran espoused by Republican President Donald Trump. But on Tuesday, the Republican chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Bob Corker, said the bill would not move forward for now. “We’ve got a Iran sanctions bill that has a number of co-sponsors that wasn’t able to markup at present because of concerns about how the European Union might react and (Iranian) elections that are coming up,” Corker said during a hearing on the EU as a U.S. partner in dealings with Russia. A markup is when a committee meets to debate legislation and to consider amendments. Corker was a co-sponsor of the new sanctions bill, as were several other Democratic and Republican members of the Foreign Relations Committee. As he has campaigned, Rouhani has called for greater individual freedoms and highlighted as a signature achievement the 2015 diplomatic breakthrough reached with the United States and other world powers, in which Iran curbed its nuclear program in exchange for relief from international sanctions. The lawmakers who wrote the bill said it had been written specifically not to interfere with the nuclear accord. But Iran has suggested that it would consider past proposed sanctions bills violations of the international pact reached during the administration of former U.S. President Barack Obama, a Democrat. Every Republican in the U.S. Congress opposed the nuclear agreement. Trump criticized it while he campaigned for president in 2016, but his administration has so far said that it would seek to strictly enforce the pact rather than tear it up. politicsNews
Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: new sanctions bill delayed concern iran electionwashington reuters a bill slap new sanctions iran delayed senate due concerns iran may presidential election conservative headliners hope defeat moderate president hassan rouhani lawmakers said tuesday a group democratic republican senators introduced bill march seeking impose tighter sanctions iran ballistic missile launches activities echoing harder line tehran espoused republican president donald trump but tuesday republican chairman senate foreign relations committee bob corner said bill would move forward we got iran sanctions bill number able markup present concerns european union might react iranian elections coming corner said hearing eu partner dealings russia a markup committee meets debate legislation consider amendments corner new sanctions bill several democratic republican members foreign relations committee as campaigned rouhani called greater individual freedoms highlighted signature achievement diplomatic breakthrough reached united states world powers iran curved nuclear program exchange relief international sanctions the lawmakers wrote bill said written specifically interfere nuclear accord but iran suggested would consider past proposed sanctions bills violations international pact reached administration former president barack obama democrat every republican congress opposed nuclear agreement trump criticized campaigned president administration far said would seek strictly enforce pact rather tear politicsnews