Key U.N. Security Council nations hedging on calls to sanction Iran – washingtonpost.com: “UNITED NATIONS — The United States and its allies face resistance to sanctions on Iran not only from China, but from other influential countries on the U.N. Security Council, principally Brazil, Lebanon and Turkey, raising the prospect for a sharply divided vote on a sanctions resolution.
Lebanon has made it clear that it will not be in a position to support any sanctions resolution against Iran, which has provided military and political support to an influential faction in the government, Hezbollah.”