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Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/30/washington/30iran.html
Europe Resists U.S. Push to Curb Iran Ties
[New York Times] Steven R. Weisman - European governments are resisting Bush administration demands that they curtail support for exports to Iran and that they block transactions and freeze assets of some Iranian companies. "We are telling the Europeans that they need to go way beyond what they've done to maximize pressure on Iran," said a senior administration official. "The European response on the economic side has been pretty weak." The administration says that European governments provided $18 billion in government loan guarantees for Iran in 2005.