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"Iranian official in Washington for ... who knows?"
IranMania.com ^ | April 18, 2006 | IranMania
Posted on 04/18/2006 10:35:16 AM PDT by n-tres-ted
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "LONDON, April 18 (IranMania) - The US State Department confirmed a senior official from arch-US nemesis Iran was in Washington but would not say how he got into the country or what he was doing here, AFP reported.
Department spokesman Sean McCormack said Mohammad Nahavandian was in town but added, "He's not here for meetings with US government officials to my knowledge; certainly not with members of the State Department."
McCormack said Nahavandian had not been issued a visa but was in the United States legally. He did not elaborate but said only, "There are a variety of other ways for an individual to arrive in the country."
The Washington foray by Nahavandian, described as an economic aide to Iran's top nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani, was first reported 10 days ago by Britain's Financial Times newspaper.
The rare sighting of a senior Iranian official in Washington comes at a moment when Iran's showdown with the West over its suspected nuclear weapons activities was nearing a climax."
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http://counterterror.typepad.com/the_counterterrorism_blog/2006/04/how_does_this_h.html
April 18, 2006
"HOW DOES THIS HAPPEN?"
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http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=22079
"Funding Al-Arian's Supporters"
By Joel Mowbray
FrontPageMagazine.com | April 17, 2006
Oy, gevalt!
U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT - DAILY BRIEFING - APRIL 17, 2006
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/dpb/2006/64625.htm