There was an article in the WaPo today about the Bush administration pressuring European oil company executives not to invest in Iran right now. Apparently for the past two weeks they have been scrambling to dissuade anyone from doing business with Iran, saying that doing so would be a mistake.
During one session a State department official apparently told a bunch of these guys that Iran was hot, and was going to get hotter.
The article is here
This can be taken a couple of ways, but it appears as if the State Dept. is trying to warn these folks to stay out of Iran due to imminent action (ie an attack).
What do you think? Are they just trying to steer business away from Iran, or are they warning the oil industry that the war with Iran is a go?