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| Tehran bars Iraqi opposition from using its soil for attacks |
| 2002-12-12 |
| Tehran Times Iran will not allow Iraqi opposition groups to attack Baghdad from Iranian soil and does not intend to attend a weekend London conference on regime change, a government spokesman said Wednesday. "We will not let anyone use Iranian territory for military objectives against any of our neighbors," Abdollah Ramezanzadeh told reporters. Another week's gone by, another change in policy... Ramezanzadeh also said Iran "will not participate in the London conference" of Iraqi opposition groups this weekend, even as an observer and even though Tehran has reportedly been invited to send representatives. "No! We hate them! They're evil!" And the spokesman said Iran played no role in discussions here between visiting Iraqi opposition leaders — Kurdish leader Massound Barzani and Iraqi National Congress (INC) leader Ahmad Chalabi. Barzani revealed late Tuesday he had held a series of unprecedented meetings with Iran's president, foreign minister, intelligence minister, former president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani. Guess Rafsanjani didn't like what he heard... Officially, Iran is opposed to a U.S. attack on Iraq despite national loathing of its leader Saddam Hussein. |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |