"Sun kuma ba da taimako mai yawa ga Aikin 'Enduring Freedom'. Tehran ta yi tayin barin jiragen sufuri na Amurka su tashi daga filayen jirgin sama a gabashin Iran don taimakawa ayyuka a yammacin Afghanistan. Ta amince ta gudanar da ayyukan ceto ga matukan jirgin Amurka da suka fado a Iran bayan sun yi tsalle da parashute... Iraniyawa sun shiga tsakani wajen Northern Alliance, suka taimaka wajen shawo kanta cewa Washington tana nufin abin da take fada, kuma saboda haka Northern Alliance ya kamata ya shiga cikin yakin Amurka gaba daya." -- Kenneth Pollack A ranar 15 ga Satumba, 2008, Hukumar Makamashin Nukiliya ta Duniya (IAEA) ta bayyana cewa Iran ta toshe binciken Majalisar Dinkin Duniya a kai a kai, binciken da ya nemi tabbatar da zarge-zargen cewa ta yi yunkurin kera makaman nukiliya. Kasashen Yamma sun sake amfani da sakamakon rahoton don nuna Iran a matsayin kasar da aka ware kuma barazana ga makwabtanta. Amurka, Faransa, Birtaniya da Isra'ila sun tayar da batun sabon jerin takunkumi domin hukunta abin da suke ganin taurin kan Iran game da shirinta na nukiliya na zaman lafiya.