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thr 061 Attack-Iran-Austria /POL/ Iranian FM says Israel is trying to exploit terrorist attacks Tehran, Sept 13, IRNA -- Iran's Foreign Minister Kamal Kharrazi said in a telephone conversation with his Austrian counterpart Benita-Maria Ferrero-Waldner on Thursday that Israel is trying to exploit the terrorist attacks in the U.S. for purely provocative purposes. He said Israel's behavior in light of the complex regional (Mid-East) situation will have negative consequences in the minds of world Muslims and Muslim nations. He reminded that all Muslim nations had condemned the terrorists attacks in New York and Washington. The Iranian foreign minister said the international community should prevent Israel from post-facto exploitations that might only serve to further complicate the (Mid-east) situation. He added that the current situation in the Middle East is quite different from what it was in the past which, he observed, warranted "a new approach (to the issue) in the agenda of the world community." The Austrian minister intimated to the Iranian foreign minister that his government was willing to main continual consultations with Iran on the regional situation. Iran has vehemently condemned the kamikaze terrorist attacks in the United States and expressed its deep sorrow and sympathy with the American nation. It has also called for an end to terrorism. Thousands were still missing as rescue crews swarmed over the wreckage of the collapsed World Trade Center's two 110-story towers, where 40,000 people once worked. In the worst attack on American soil since Pearl Harbor, three hijacked planes slammed into the Pentagon and New York's landmark World Trade Center on Tuesday, demolishing the two 110-story towers that symbolize U.S. financial might. AK/HR/HR End ::irna 22:22 |
