-Caveat Lector- Russia, Iran Call U.S. Meddlers MOSCOW (AP) - The speaker of Russia's lower house of parliament and Iran's interior minister on Thursday accused the United States of meddling in Russian-Iranian relations, the Interfax news agency reported. Russia's Gennady Seleznyov and Iran's Abdolvahed Mousavi Lari were referring to U.S. efforts to exert influence in the Caspian Sea region, where five bordering countries still haven't decided how massive oil reserves will be divided up and exported. Washington has lobbied hard for a new pipeline from the Caspian that would avoid its perennial rival, Iran, and Russia. The United States ``tries to obstruct Russian-Iranian cooperation and resorts to double or triple standards to attain benefits for itself,'' said Seleznyov and Lari, according to the parliamentary press service. Lari, on the last day of a three-day visit, also met Thursday with Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov. Iranian Foreign Minister Kamal Kharrazi sent Ivanov a message rejecting international appeals to free 13 Iranians arrested on charges of spying for Israel and the United States, Interfax reported. U.S., German and Israeli officials have called for the prisoners' release, saying they include rabbis and religious teachers. If convicted, they could be executed. ``Any attempts at influencing a routine and legal process of the Iranian judicial system are gross interference in Iran's internal affairs. Such attempts are counterproductive,'' Kharrazi said. DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substance—not soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
