With US Secretary of State John Kerry set to hold direct talks with the Iranian Foreign Minister, a powerful group of 11 senators on Tuesday urged President Barack Obama to increase the pressure on Tehran as he hinted at the possibility of meeting Iran’s new leader. “We are this troubled by reports that you might be considering offering
a new proposal that would leave the door open to a nuclear Iran, perhaps allowing Iran to preserve part of its nuclear weapons program,” the senators wrote in a letter to Obama.