what the....?

Think Progress :

In January, Halliburton Products & Services Limited and Oriental Kish finalized a contract to develop two sectors of the South Pars oil and gas field in Iran.
A primary shareholder of Oriental Kish is none other than Sirous Nasseri, head of the Iranian delegation to the IAEA negotiating the future of Iran’s nuclear programs. Nasseri is also rumored to have been a close advisor and consultant to Halliburton. One of the owners of Oriental Kish is the family of Hashemi Rafsanjani, president of Iran from 1989-1997, whose “pre-revolutionary credentials earned him a place among the trusted advisers of Ayatollah Khomeini, founder of the Islamic Republic of
Iran.” It seems overly convenient that Iran’s chief nuclear negotiator is a business partner to Halliburton.

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Wait a minute - isn't Iran one of the "Axis of Evil"? Aren't we threatening them with action if they don't curtail their nuclear program?
Talk about sending mixed messages!