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| Iran Protests to Austria Over Murder Charges |
| 2005-07-06 |
| Iran summoned the Austrian ambassador to the Foreign Ministry yesterday in protest at charges its President-elect Mahmood Ahmadinejad was involved in the 1989 murder of an Iranian Kurdish leader in Vienna. âThese accusations are ridiculous and unfounded, and for this reason we have summoned the Austrian ambassador to the Foreign Ministry to ask him for an explanation,â Foreign Ministry spokesman Hamid Reza Assefi told AFP. âWe categorically deny these accusations which are part of a scenario made up by Zionist circles unhappy with the high turnout of Iraniansâ in last monthâs presidential elections, he said. âIn international norms, it is not acceptable for anyone to make unjust accusations and to drag the courts behind him,â he said. Austrian legal authorities said earlier yesterday that they wanted to interview an Iranian journalist living in France who claims to have evidence that Ahmadinejad was involved in the assassination of Abdul Rahman Ghassemlou. âIf the witness is ready to come to Austria, the Austrian security services will listen to him,â a spokesman for the Austrian public prosecutorâs office, Ernst Kloiber, told AFP. |
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