White House welcomes Democratic delay on pushing Iran sanctions

By Roberta Rampton ON BOARD AIR FORCE ONE (Reuters) - The Obama administration welcomed Democratic senators' move to delay a push for new sanctions against Iran until late March, a senior administration official said on Tuesday. U.S. Senator Robert Menendez, co-author of legislation that would tighten economic restrictions on Iran if there is no deal by the end of June, said in a letter on Tuesday he and other Democratic senators would not back passing the bill until after March 24, and only in