bring before parliament any agreement it wants to sign with a foreign country," Salehi was quoted as saying by state news agency IRNA."The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action is not a treaty or a convention, and I don't know under what definition it would go to parliament."The Iran nuclear deal, reached with six world powers on July 14, imposes strict limits on its nuclear program in exchange for relief from international sanctions, breaking decades of mounting hostility with the West.Hardliners in parliament and the security establishment began sniping at the deal within days but have been unable to persuade Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the country's highest authority, to withdraw his cautious support for it.The deal is also under threat from US lawmakers, who have until Sept. 17A drawn-out plan to redevelop a six-acre Crenshaw site near the Expo Line with nearly 600 apartments has been dealt a fatal blow, all in the name of fighting displacement.

The Los Angeles Times reports that the South Los Angeles area planning commission voted Tuesday to “reject” the development, called District Square. The project, which is now “effectively kill[ed],” would have brought 577 market-rate units, 93,000 square feet of retail, a grocery store, and loads of parking to Obama and Crenshaw boulevards.

The area’s City Council representative, Herb Wesson Jr., has come out against the project and supported its most vocal opponents.

In July, the Crenshaw Subway Coalition, a grassroots organization fighting gentrification in South LA, appealed the project, arguing the introduction of luxury apartments into a neighborhood where the majority