It is possible that Iran prefers to run down US President George W. Bush's last two weeks in office with the White House and the rest of the world focused on Gaza, than risk the chance that during these two weeks, the White House (or Israel) might read the French parliament's report and decidetodosomething about it.
In HBS's survey, alumni reported that when their firms had todecide whether todosomething in America or elsewhere, America lost two times out of three.