Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Wednesday that the U.S. is trying to line up allies to impose economic sanctions on Iran in the event that the U.N. Security Council fails to do so.

“While we are pursuing the course in the Security Council ? and there will be action in the Security Council ? we?re also looking at what like-minded states may wish to do on the financial side if the Security Council is not able to act,” Rice told Fox News.