11.   The U.S. imposed a blanket trade boycott of Iran last year, accusing Islamic republic of sponsoring international terrorism.

12.   The U.S. threatened all companies with economic sanctions if they invest in Iran, which Washington accuses of sponsoring terrorism.

13.   The United States also opposed the loans because Iran is on the State Department list of countries suspected of sponsoring terrorism.

14.   The United States has singled out those countries, accusing them of a role in sponsoring terrorism and in opposing the Middle East peace effort.

15.   They had said India should not play Pakistan, which they accuse of sponsoring terrorism against India.

16.   Today, while the United States accuses Iran of sponsoring terrorism, Iranian mullahs view the United States as the Great Satan.

17.   U.S. President Bill Clinton signed a law in August that allows penalties for new oil investments in Iran or Libya, which the Americans accuse of sponsoring terrorism.

18.   Under Musharraf, Pakistan stood accused by the world of being a totalitarian state sponsoring terrorism in Afghanistan and India.

19.   U.S. President Bill Clinton signed a law last year that allows penalties on new oil investments in Iran or Libya, which the U.S. accuses of sponsoring terrorism.

20.   U.S. President Bill Clinton signed a law in August that allows penalties for new oil investments in Iran in Libya, which the Americans accuse of sponsoring terrorism.