Thursday, February 07, 2002

Tehran Says U.S. Should Offer Assistance, Not Accusations
"Instead of waging negative propaganda, the Americans had better give us any information they have so that we go after them and keep them out of Iran," Mr. Kharrazi said at the news conference.

The foreign minister acknowledged that Iran could not fully control its 600-mile border with Afghanistan, noting that it had proved porous to drug smuggling for two decades. He suggested that it might be equally permeable to anyone fleeing Afghanistan. "We are making our utmost effort, but the reality is that it is not possible to control this long border completely," Mr. Kharrazi said.

"We have smashed many rings involved in human smuggling and reinstated visas for Persian Gulf Arab states," he said. "We are also making a lot of arrests, among whom could be members of Taliban or Al Qaeda. We will deal with them and hand them over to their respective countries."
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/06/international/middleeast/06IRAN.html

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