Word: velayati
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...calls Iran's assistance to such radical Islamic groups as Hizballah, Hamas and Islamic Jihad "support for terrorism." These groups say they are fighting Israeli occupation. Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Velayati asserts that the government "is against any kind of terrorism" and implies that hard-liners trying to sabotage Iran's relations with the West are responsible for the many assassinations of Iranian opponents in Europe...
...could possess nuclear weapons in five years. The Iranians respond that the Shah spent billions on nuclear power, and that as signatories to the nonproliferation treaty, they have a right to develop nuclear technology for peaceful uses. "You use nuclear technology in medicine, in agriculture, in genetic engineering," says Velayati. But the large number of Iranians being trained as nuclear specialists, the country's huge energy reserves and the very long odds that biotech companies will be cropping up in Iran all inspire suspicion...
...prosecutor's report is that an important member of the alleged assassins' support network entered Switzerland with an order of mission typed under the letterhead of the foreign ministry and initialed by a ranking official above the typed words "for the Foreign Minister," referring to Ali Akbar Velayati, one of the most senior members of the government. "The whole Iranian state apparatus is at the service of these operations," says a French official. "The government assumes the legitimacy of killing opponents anywhere in the world...
...diplomatic interest is understandable: one of the most direct links between the plot and the Iranian government is the order of mission dispatching Sarhadi to Switzerland. The one-page typed document was issued on the authority of Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Velayati. The original of this letter, dated July 16, 1991, will be a key piece of evidence at the trial...
...United Nations, the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe (C.S.C.E.), and Iran, which shares borders with both Armenia and Azerbaijan and is trying to expand its role in the region, all launched efforts to resolve the conflict. The first cease-fire brokered by Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Velayati collapsed within a few hours. The second one lasted for several days, with both sides reporting relatively minor violations. That was long enough for U.N. special envoy Cyrus Vance to visit Stepanakert on a fact-finding mission late last month and to declare his hope that third-party mediation could...