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February 21, 2007
No. 709

Iranian Iraq Friendship Organization Head: U.S. Arrest of Iranians in Erbil Means Any Country Can Do Likewise

In an interview with the Iranian news agency ISNA, the director of the Iran-Iraq Friendship Organization, Ali Ara Mohammedi, said, referring to January 2007 U.S. raid on the Iranian representation office in Erbil, Iraq: "The arrest of Iranians in Iraq by the Americans permits any country to carry out a similar operation."

Source: ISNA, Iran, February 19, 2007


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