In news on Iran, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice called Tehran the “central banker” for global terrorism and accused it of working with Syria to destabilize the Middle East. Her comments came just a day after she announced the Bush administration is seeking $75 million from Congress to step up its propaganda campaign against the Iranian government. Part of the funds will pay for the U.S. to begin around-the-clock broadcasts of Farsi-language television and radio programs inside Iran. Meanwhile France directly accused Iran on Thursday of developing a secret nuclear military program. Iran maintains its nuclear program is for peaceful means.