posted by Christopher W. Holton US President Barack Obama supports renewal of the Iran Sanctions Act before the law expires at the end of this year, despite his public silence on the matter, House Foreign Affairs Committee ranking member Eliot Engel told The Jerusalem Post this week. http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Politics-And-Diplomacy/Obama-told-Engel-he-supports-Iran-Sanctions-Act-renewal-464021