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Article: Over 1,000 Iraqi refugees arrive in Iranian border
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- Xinhua News Agency
- Article date:
- April 9, 2003
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Over 1,000 Iraqi refugees arrive in Iranian border
TEHRAN, April 9 (Xinhua) -- More than 1,000 Iraqi refugees have
arrived in the border area of Ilam Province in western Iran, Ali
Zeinivand, secretary of the headquarters for Iraq crisis in the
province, said on Wednesday.
This has been the first group of Iraqi refugees arriving in the
Iranian border since the US-led war against Iraq broke out on March
20.
"The Iranian side has provided Iraqi refugees with relief aid,
including food, medicine and tents," Zeinivand said, quoted by the
state-run IRNA news agency.
"Given Iran's policy of not accepting Iraqi refugees inside the
Iranian territory, the country is giving out necessary relief ...