The US, at the urging of partners, has weakened proposed Iran nuclear sanctions at the urging of allies. A defiant President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said no country could stop ‘the fast speeding train of Iranian progress.’ Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad addresses the nation on the occasion of Nowruz, the Iranian New Year, in Tehran on [...]

WASHINGTON — The United States has stepped back from a series of harsh measures against Iran and softened proposed UN sanctions to win the backing of China and Russia, the Wall Street Journal reported Thursday. The newspaper said proposals that would have effectively closed international airspace and waters to Iranian state-owned air cargo and shipping [...]

By conducting business in Iran, KPMG provides support to the regime which is not wanted by the majority of the Iranian people. This regime must be isolated politically and economically by all democratic minded people. For the Islamic regime, the decision to continue to repress the people and at the same time pursue nuclear weapons to intimidate other countries comes down to a simple cost-benefit analysis.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/07/world/middleeast/07sanctions.html?hp U.S. Enriches Companies Defying Its Policy on Iran Fernando Bizerra Jr./European Pressphoto Agency President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran, center, in Brazil last fall. The nations agreed to share technical expertise on energy projects. The federal government has awarded more than $107 billion in contract payments, grants and other benefits over the past decade to [...]