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"World War Three 2003" |
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29 Oct 2003 07:50:43 PM |
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World War III **NEWS** Thursday, October 30th, 2003 AD |
www.endtime.com
Iran rules out al-Qaeda cooperation, any immediate dialogue with U.S.
"We don't have any relations or links with the U.S. or its security
services, so there is no reason to cooperate with them by giving them
information."
Iran's government said that it would not share its intelligence on
al-Qaeda with the United States, and told Washington that it needed to
see "practical steps" before it could consider resuming dialogue.
"We don't have any relations or links with the US or its security
services. So there is no reason to cooperate with them by giving them
information," government spokesman Abdollah Ramazanzadeh told
reporters.
The United States has demanded Iran turn over detained senior members
of al-Qaeda, but Iran has said the men -- whose names have not been
disclosed -- could be tried in Iranian courts.
Ramazanzadeh told reporters that Iran may "never" reveal the
identities of its detainees, and he later clarified to AFP that "we
have no programme to announcing their names".
"It depends on our national interests," the spokesman said.
Iran last week identified to the UN Security Council over 200
suspected al-Qaeda members it said had already been extradited to
their countries of origin.
But the identity of those still being held has been the subject of
intense speculation -- diplomatic sources and Arab press reports have
pointed to the possible presence in Iran of the movement's spokesman
Sulaiman Abu Gaith and its number three, Saif al-Adel, as well as
Osama bin Laden's son and heir to the network, Saad.
Iran has acknowledged a number of top al-Qaeda figures have been
detained here, but has refused to give any hints as to their
identities.
Ramazanzadeh also responded to comments Tuesday by US Deputy Secretary
of State Richard Armitage, who said Washington may hold limited talks
with Iran -- lumped into an "axis of evil" by US President George W.
Bush.
"We are expecting practical steps by the US. You can't threaten from
one side and block our assets... and then request discussions,"
government spokesman Abdollah Ramazanzadeh told reporters.
"We have to see practical steps," he emphasised. "The discussion here
is what the US will do in practice in order to gain our trust."
First and foremost, Ramazanzadeh said the US "should stop accusing
us".
"They have levelled false accusations against us one too many times.
They have to put a stop to it," he said, even though he asserted that
Iran's "being or not being in an axis of evil has no meaning to us."
He also repeated the demand that the US release Iranian assets that
were frozen after the 1979 Islamic revolution.
"These are practical actions in order to gain Iranian trust and so we
have a justification to initiate" talks, Ramazanzadeh said.
On Tuesday, Armitage told the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee
that the United States may hold limited talks with Iran, but normal
relations -- broken off in 1980 -- were not on the table.
Armitage said Washington remains concerned about Tehran's alleged
support for terrorist groups, saying that administration is "engaged
in bilateral and multilateral efforts, from sanctions to direct
appeals, to put a stop to Iran's support for terrorist organisations,
which we believe included al-Qaeda."
Iran and the United States cut diplomatic ties following the hostage
taking here at the US embassy, when US staff were held for 444 days.
Although there were signs of a thaw under former US president Bill
Clinton, relations remain dogged by mutual recriminations.
In recent months, Washington has accused Iran of harbouring and not
arresting al-Qaeda operatives, undermining the Middle East peace
process and meddling in post-war Iraq.
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