The State Department has raised the possibility of renewing sanctions against Yugoslavia, lifted after Mr. Milosevic's decision to support the Dayton peace agreement.

The U.N. Security Council marked the occasion by renewing sanctions against Iraq for another six months.

Mr. Holbrooke's mission showed how much can be achieved by muscular diplomacy, without the need to call on military force, and even with several European countries expressing doubts about renewing economic sanctions on Serbia.

It would be a strategic blunder to ignore the Iranian people's clear call for reform by simply maintaining and renewing existing unilateral sanctions.

The next test comes on Monday, when the Security Council considers whether to renew sanctions against Liberia.

A3 Sanctions Renewed on Iraq The Security Council voted unanimously to renew economic sanctions against Iraq.

March 12 - Obama renews economic sanctions against Iran first imposed in 1995.

The uncertain state of the relationship has been evident in recent steps by the administration, which has sought to renew economic sanctions against Iran for another two years.

After a defiant outburst from Baghdad today, the Security Council voted unanimously to renew economic sanctions against Iraq, and the United States representative to the United Nations warned that the sanctions might never be lifted.

The EU can do much more than just renewing sanctions on the regime.