Word: abtahi
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...smugglers like Mahmood. Washington believes that several al-Qaeda leaders, including security chief Saif al-Adil, are hiding in that country. Iran counters that it's impossible to seal off its rugged, 1,000-mile eastern border. "We're trying our best," Vice President Mohammad Ali Abtahi told TIME. "We have strong objections to al-Qaeda, politically and religiously...
...public, at least, Iranian officials oppose a possible U.S. campaign. "We don't agree on striking Iraq, let alone providing services to those who seek such a strike," Iran's Vice President for Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Mohammed Ali Abtahi said earlier this month. Tehran is also hesitant to condone U.S. military action, since President Bush includes Iran in the "axis of evil." Why help prosecute the "war on terrorism" when you might be the next target? But in Washington, a Pentagon official says the question for the U.S. is not whether Iran would help a U.S. campaign against Iraq...
...Iranian officials agonized over whether to sign a memorial book at the Swiss Embassy's U.S. Interests Section in Tehran. M.P. Ahmed Bourghani phoned Mohammed Ali Abtahi, Khatami's former chief of staff, and asked him to come along and sign. Abtahi said no, but minutes before the book was shipped off to Washington, Bourghani showed up with a bouquet of white gladioli to sign on behalf of the Speaker of Parliament, Mehdi Karroubi...