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Iran Warns Iraqi Leaders Not to Enter
Fleeing leaders of Saddam Hussein's regime aren't welcome in Iran, and if they sneak in they'll be tried for war crimes from the 1980-1988 war, state television reported Monday. "If any Iraqi leader wants to enter Iran legally, we will naturally reject it. But if they come illegally, we will try them for the crimes they have committed against our people," the television quoted Foreign Ministry spokesman Hamid Reza Asefi as saying. "Iranian guards carefully watch any activities on our long western border with Iraq," Asefi said. Asefi said he was assured on Sunday by British Foreign Office minister Mike O'Brien that the presence of U.S.-led forces in Iraq will be "limited." He said Iran will continue to seek war reparations from Iraq. Iran claims it sustained an estimated $1 trillion damages from the war. Meanwhile, British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw rejected fears Monday that Iran was on the target list after Iraq. "We've been developing better diplomatic relations with Iran," he told the British Broadcasting Corp. radio from Bahrain. "We're grateful to the Iranians for the support and cooperation which they gave during the course of this military conflict." Another reason that the British were assigned the Basra area.
Posted by: Steve 2003-04-14 |
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