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Article: IRAN: TEHRAN BLAMES WASHINGTON FOR INFLUX OF AFGHAN REFUGEES.
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- Interpress Service
- Article date:
- May 15, 2007
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Analysis by Kimia Sanati
TEHRAN, Iran, May 15, 2007 (IPS/GIN) -- The Iranian government is using the repatriation of Afghan refugees living illegally on its soil as an opportunity to shame the West for its failures in the region.
Iran has decided to repatriate the bulk of an estimated 1 million undocumented Afghan refugees. The regime's intention to embarrass the U.S. and NATO over the issue was apparent in statements issued to the press by Interior Minister Mostafa Pour-Mohmmadi at the inauguration of the Asian Center to Decrease Risk of Tremor in Iran and cited by the official Islamic Republic News Agency on May 9.
Pour-Mohammadi said that ...