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Iran's top security official meets with Syrian president DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) - Iran's top national security official held talks with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Sunday, stressing that his country was working with others to establish security and stability in the region. Ali Larijani also handed Assad a message from Iran's hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad that dealt with "the situation in the region and issues of mutual interest," Syria's official news agency SANA reported. It did not provide more details about the message. Larijani said Iran was eager to consult with its ally Syria on regional stability. "We are working with other (countries) to achieve stability and security in the region," SANA quoted Larijani as saying. Larijani also talked with Syrian Vice President Faruk al-Sharaa about "the current situation in the region and the prevailing tension as a result of foreign intervention," SANA said. He also met in Damascus with Khaled Meshaal, the political leader of the militant Hamas group. Mussa Abu Marzuk, deputy head of Hamas' political bureau, said the meeting with Larijani was for "consultation on latest developments" in the Palestinian issue. He said there was no Iranian mediation effort in the political deadlock between Hamas and Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas' more moderate Fatah movement. Larijani's visit came as Tehran is under heavy pressure from the United States and some of its European allies to give up its disputed nuclear program. The US military accuses Iran of providing weapons to Iraqi Shiite militias and Syria of providing refuge for Sunni insurgents and allowing them to cross the border freely to fight American and Iraqi troops. Both countries deny the allegations. Larijani's visit also came less than a week after he travelled to Saudi Arabia to deliver a message from Ahmadinejad to Saudi King Abdullah proposing that they cooperate in helping stabilise Iraq. +++ -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
