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| Iran dismisses G8 concerns over vote crackdown | |
| 2009-07-13 | |
| [Al Arabiya Latest] Iran played down Saturday G8 concerns about its recent crackdown on dissident and its nuclear program while a group of Iranians protested outside the German embassy in Tehran over the murder of an Egyptian woman. At a press conference, Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said Iran is preparing a new package of "political, security and international" issues to put to the West. "The package can be a good basis for talks with the West. The package will contain Iran's stances on political, security and international issues," Mottaki told a news conference. French President Nicolas Sarkozy said on Wednesday that the Group of Eight major powers would give Iran until September to accept negotiations over its nuclear ambitions or else face tougher sanctions.
"We have not received any new message from the G8. But based on the news we have received, they had different views on different issues which did not lead to a unanimous agreement in some areas," Mottaki said. U.S. President Barack Obama warned Iran on Friday that the world would not wait indefinitely for it to end its nuclear defiance, saying Tehran had until September to comply or else face consequences. | |
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