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Article: India, Iran and the United States.(LETTERS)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- September 19, 2005
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Byline: THE WASHINGTON TIMES
I am appalled by the blatantly misleading claims presented in the editorial "India and Iran's threat" (Friday).
First, to say that the United States is "working to persuade India not to cooperate with Iran's nuclear-weapons programs" is similar to asking, "When did you stop beating your wife?" The fact is that India has never cooperated with Iran in nuclear weapons.
Next, the editorial goes on to link the recent U.S.-Indian civilian nuclear cooperation agreement to the phantom Indian-Iranian nuclear ties. This is absurd.
India is fundamentally on the same side as the United States with respect to Iran - it ...