U.S. Approved Business With Iran

NY Times piece on U.S. business with countries (e.g. Iran) that are supposed to be sanctioned reminds me of a note in Kenneth Pollack's Persian Puzzle where he mentioned the same economic behavior by the U.S. as one of the major reasons for sanctions to lead nowhere. He said that in the 1990s when Clinton asked his European allies to act more vigorously on Iran, they were a bit skeptical of the plan, since they could see that American companies, at the very same time, were doing business with Iran. It brought cracks to the alliance Clinton was looking for. The present story is sending the same message again. Now, here is the question: what is the reason for those who managed to publish the story in the front runner NY Times?what is the intention at this significant moment? and is it going to break up the alliance again? SEE:

U.S. Approved Business With Blacklisted Nations