In an interview with the Washington Times, Defense Secretary * Donald Rumsfeld accused Iran of fueling the resistance in Iraq*. Rumsfeld said “They have put people in there. They have put money in there… And it’s a very difficult thing to stop. Iran is a country that is not part of the civilized world in terms of its behavior.” Rumsfeld claimed the Bush administration was finding it difficult to convince other countries to pressure Teheran to stay out of Iraq.