11.   Washington is threatening sanctions.

12.   In Tehran, Erbakhan signed a key gas agreement just as the United States was threatening sanctions against companies that did business with the fundamentalist regime.

13.   In Tehran, Erbakan signed a key gas agreement just as the United States was threatening sanctions against companies that did business with the Islamic fundamentalist regime.

14.   The United States was acting against the interests of world trade by threatening sanctions on Australia over industry-assistance schemes, Industry Minister John Moore said here Thursday.