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Source: http://www.washingtontimes.com/article/20070821/FOREIGN/108210034/1003
U.S. Chides Allies for Trade Deals with Tehran
[Washington Times] David R. Sands - America's allies must do more to cut commercial and energy ties with Iran if the international campaign to halt Tehran's nuclear-weapons programs is to succeed, R. Nicholas Burns, undersecretary of state for political affairs, said Monday. He said the U.S.-led drive to sanction Iran's economy through the UN is being undercut when allies in Europe, Turkey, India, Japan and South Korea continue to make lucrative trade deals and even offer credits to businesses trading with the Islamic Republic of Iran. "If countries around the world want diplomacy to be the way to resolve problems with Iran, then there has to be a harder-edged diplomacy. There has to be some teeth," he said.