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IRAN - Sept 17 - Iran Scorns War Warning.

Article from: APS Diplomat Recorder Article date: October 8, 2007

Iranian and western officials are locked in verbal duels that escalated the already tense situation in the region over Tehran's nuclear programme and the country's growing influence in the Middle East. The warnings and inflammatory statements were dismissed by analysts and experts who said they do not see the threat of an immediate military confrontation. "This is another escalation in the war of words between the West and Iran, said Abdul Khaleq Abdullah, a political science professor in the UAE. Muhammad Hassan Koussechi, a ...

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