Washington DC – European diplomats fear move against firms doing business with Tehran's Revolutionary Guard presages more unilateral administration moves and a turn away from the U.N. They hope White House will scale back its approach to more precisely target business units within the Islamic militia group. Trita Parsi of National Iranian-American Council says the initiative risks "further entrenching U.S.-Iran relations in a paradigm of enmity." Premature disclosure of the plan angers Secretary of State Rice who, according to aides, suspects hardliners leaked it to force swifter action. Read more…
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