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| US 9/11 allegation part of election campaign: Iran |
| | www.chinaview.cn 2004-07-25 20:37:30 |
TEHRAN, July 25 (Xinhuanet) -- Iran
on Sunday termed the US allegation that it was involved in the Sept. 11 terror
attacks as baseless and part of the presidential election
campaign.
"It is just part of the US presidential elections.
It is nothing new," said Foreign Ministry spokesman Hamid-Reza Asefi at a weekly
news briefing.
Year 2004 is the US election year, during
which presidential candidates from both Republican and Democratic parties would
vie for the position.
"Iran has fought seriously against
Al-Qaida while some country created it but tried to link it to others," he
added.
Asefi played down the assumption that Iran has become
the next US attack target, saying "no country dare attack the Islamic Republic
of Iran."
This was the third time that Asefi dismissed such
US allegations, following the first two on June 18 and
20.
A US Sept. 11 Commission report issued Thursday said
that Iran might have facilitated the attacks against the United States by
providing some Al-Qaida members with safe transit to and from terrorist training
camps in Afghanistan.
Diplomatic relations between Iran and
the United States were severed after the Islamic revolution of Iran in
1979.
The United States accused Iran of sponsoring
terrorists and seeking nuclear weapons, charges vehemently denied by
Tehran.
In return, Iran labelled the United States the enemy of all Islamic countries. Enditem |
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