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| Iran upset with Kouchner over Lebanon comments |
| 2007-08-01 |
| Iran on Monday expressed dismay at comments made by the French foreign minister over Tehran's role in Lebanon, saying it feared the remarks showed a lack of understanding. French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner said on Sunday that pressure had to be exerted on Iran and its main regional ally Syria to avoid a "war" from breaking out in Lebanon. "We hope that his comments were not correctly translated, because otherwise doubt would be cast over his realistic understanding of Lebanese affairs," Iranian foreign ministry spokesman Mohammad Ali Hosseini said. "Mr. Kouchner surely is aware that it is the Americans and some of their approaches that have become an obstacle to finding a solution and not any other sides," he said, according to the state-run IRNA agency. |
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