BOSTON (AP) — A lawyer for a Chinese national who supplied Iran with U.S.-made devices that can be used to convert uranium for nuclear weapons is criticizing the U.S. government for dropping charges against his Iranian co-defendant as part of a breakthrough U.S.-Iran deal.
The criticism was leveled Wednesday during a sentencing hearing for Sihai Cheng, who pleaded guilty in December to supplying pressure transducers to an Iranian company. Cheng was sentenced to nine years in prison.
STATE HOUSE — The state would be required to develop a climate change mitigation plan and meet new long-term carbon emission reduction benchmarks under legislation passed unanimously by the Senate on Thursday.
Senate President Pro Tem Marc Pacheco, who sponsored the legislation, praised the bipartisan collaboration of Senate Minority Leader Bruce Tarr, contrasting that with the partisan divisiveness that accompanies political discussion of climate change on a national level.
