WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration accused Iran on Thursday of entering into a "secret deal" with an Al Qaeda offshoot that provides money and recruits for attacks in Afghanistan and Pakistan. The Treasury Department designated six members of the unit as terrorists subject to U.S. sanctions.
The U.S. intelligence community has in the past disagreed about the extent of direct links between the Iranian government and Al Qaeda. Thursday's allegations went further than what most analysts had previously said was a murky relationship with limited cooperation.
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