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Rice Concerned Over Iranian Diplomat In United States
Shannon (AFP) Apr 25, 2006 US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Monday that she was worried because the United States had granted a residence permit to a senior official from the Iranian foreign ministry. "It is concerning and I think we were very concerned when we learned about it," Rice said, speaking to journalists in an airplane heading to Europe, ahead of a stopover in Shannon, Ireland. "We are going to try to make certain that we understand the fact, that we understand the legal basis and we'll take the appropriate action," she said, responding to questions about the presence in Washington of Mohammad Nahavandian, who has a US green card and is economic advisor to the head Iranian negotiator on nuclear issues, Ali Larijani. The US administration, which broke diplomatic relations with Iran in 1980, was alerted to situation by the media. "You have someone with which the US does not actually have diplomatic relations but is a diplomat, a very high ranking diplomat in fact, inside the US," Rice said, calling the situation "anomalous". The US State Department last week confirmed that the senior Iranian official was in Washington, but did not state how long he had been there or what he was doing. The UN Security Council has given the Islamic republic until next Friday to halt its uranium enrichment activities, seen as the cover for a weapons drive. Iran has refused to comply with the demand. The United States is pressing for UN sanctions such as freezes on the assets of Iranian leaders or travel restrictions. US President George W. Bush has also not ruled out taking military action.
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Rumsfeld Say Iraq And Afghan Missions Key To Containing Iran
Washington (AFP) Apr 25, 2006US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said Monday that the United States must persevere in Iraq and Afghanistan to contain "the extreme impulses that we see emanating from Iran." |
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