Last month the House Foreign Affairs Committee approved legislation that would impose stricter sanctions against Tehran, while the Senate resolved the US should back Israel if it's forced to take military action against Iran.
With severe economic sanctions against Iran by the West hitting its oil procurement from there, India is looking out and is in talks with Tajikistan to import oil to meet its energy deficiency.
Iran, which is reeling under tough economic sanctions imposed by the US and European Union over its controversial nuclear program, today sought foreign investment in renewable energy sector.
Myanmar votes on Sunday in its third election in half a century, a crucial test of its nascent reform credentials that could propel opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi into parliament and convince the West to end sanctions.