U.S. ramps up pressure on Iran

Warren P. Strobel | McClatchy Newspapers

last updated: September 18, 2007 07:42:20 PM

WASHINGTON — One year after the United States launched an intensified global economic campaign against Iran with the stated aim of halting Tehran’s nuclear work, the Bush administration is counting its successes — and calling for still more pressure.

In recent months, once-reluctant European countries have joined the effort, which some are calling a financial war, with more vigor.