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19:21 2003-08-18

Washington meets Teheran halfway

In Teheran's opinion, Washington's closure of offices of the Iranian National Resistance Council, making part of Mojaheddin-e Halq-e Iran /Iranian People's Mujaheddin Organisation/, is a positive step.

This organisation is known as terrorist, and the United States should have taken steps to neutralise the structure, said Hamid Reza Asefi, official spokesman for the Iranian Foreign Ministry.

"To strengthen and improve such positive moves, the Americans have to seriously and toughly oppose such organisations, based on Iranian territory", added the Iranian diplomat.

At the end of last week, US State Secretary Colin Powell introduced sanctions against the Iranian National Resistance Council, which is in opposition in Iran today and is part of the Iranian People's Mujaheddin Organisation. Now the United States views as terrorist all offices of the Iranian National Resistance Council in American territory and abroad.

http://newsfromrussia.com/world/2003/08/18/49372.html

Enriched uranium in Iran?
By RIA
Aug 19, 2003, 00:21

On Monday, Hamid Reza Asefi, official spokesman for the Iranian Foreign Ministry, turned down the reports by certain diplomatic sources on the discovery of enriched uranium in Iran. "It is not up to diplomats to make such allegations. It is the prerogative of the International Atomic Energy Agency", Mr. Asefi told the journalists. "Wait till IAEA specialists voice their opinion in Geneva in September, where a report on the Iranian nuclear programs is to be heard", he added. Mr. Asefi also stressed that Iran's cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency was fully transparent and the recent visits to Iran by two IAEA delegations were a confirmation of the frankness and truth of the dialogue. Earlier, some media reported with reference to diplomatic sources that enriched uranium, which can be used in the production of nuclear weapons, had been found in Iran.

© Iranian.ws

http://www.iranian.ws/news/publish/article_289.shtml

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