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Iran's Rafsanjani says UN should run post-war Iraq, fix US "disaster"

Fri Aug 22
TEHRAN (AFP) - Former Iranian president Ali Akbar Rafsanjani called for the United Nations to replace the coalition in running post-war Iraq to fix the "disaster" left by the US-led administration.

"If the United Nations takes charge in Iraq, then countries like Russia, Germany, France, China, India and the Islamic countries will come to Iraq to find a way to help the region get out of this disaster that the United States has made," Rafsanjani said during weekly prayers on Friday.

"The Iraqi situation is becoming like a puzzle, which has very bad repercussions for the world," he added.

"All the Muslims and the world have to come together to find a logical solution for the Iraqi and the Palestinian issues which have inflamed our region," he said.

On Thursday, President Mohammed Khatami, reacting to the massive bombing of UN headquarters in Baghdad, said the occupation of Iraq by US-led forces had caused an increase in "terrorism."

The moderate president expressed support for UN efforts in Iraq, and said Tehran also wanted to see peace and stability in its neighbor.

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Fri Aug 22 "Iran's Rafsanjani says UN should run post-war Iraq..."

And he said this AFTER the bombing of U.N. headquarters?

"The Iraqi situation is becoming like a puzzle, which has very bad repercussions for the world," he added.

More like very bad repercussions for the Iranian Regime.