Iran sanctions postponed for one year

President Barack Obama said Wednesday that the United States will continue sanctions set by the previous administrations on Iran, the sources inform.

In a letter to the Congress, Obama told lawmakers that he has decided to make the National Emergency on Iran, which will be expired on March 15, continue in effect for one year, because of Iran's threat to U.S. national interests.

The national emergency with respect to Iran has been continued for some 10 years since it was announced by the Clinton administration in March 1995, under which the United States can take a series sanctions on Tehran.

"The crisis between the United States and Iran resulting from actions and policies of the Government of Iran that led to the declaration of a national emergency on March 15, 1995, has not been resolved," said the president.