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UN says: Iran reports to Security Council Committee on efforts to block Al-Qaeda, Taliban

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Tehran, Oct 28, IRNA -- Iran has turned over a list of `suspicious 
persons` to a United Nations Security Council committee overseeing 
sanctions against Osama bin Laden, al-Qaeda and the Taliban, said a 
press release issued by the United Nations Information Center here on 
Tuesday. 
In a report to the Council`s sanctions committee, responding to 
information requests sent to all nations earlier this year, Iran said,
"A list of 78 persons who have been arrested and deported to their 
countries of origin has been submitted to the Committee. Another list 
comprising 147 more names has been presented to the Committee." 
The eight-page statement, submitted earlier but released today, 
also said, "A few suspects are also in custody for further 
investigation." 
Iran also said that it had spotted the threat of the `fanatic` 
Taliban and al-Qaeda early on, had warned the world about them, and 
had never authorized any activity of the groups on Iranian territory. 
"The Islamic Republic of Iran did not authorize any sort of 
activity by the Taliban, Osama bin Laden or al-Qaeda in its territory 
from the early days of their domination over Afghanistan due to their 
sectarian, reactionary and fanatic nature," it said. 
"Moreover, proper warnings were issued by the Islamic Republic of 
Iran to the international community regarding the threat they posed 
against regional and international peace and security," it said. 
The eight-page reply contained Iran`s answers to 25 questions the 
committee issued to all countries after the resolution was adopted 
January 17. The Council panel oversees the sanctions against Osama bin
Laden, al-Qaeda and the Taliban and their associates, which require 
countries to freeze financial resources, including funds derived or 
generated by any undertaking owned or controlled by the Taliban, and 
to ensure that they are not used by the group. 
States are also obliged to freeze funds and other financial assets
of Osama bin Laden and his associates in the al-Qaeda organization, 
and to prevent their entry or transit through the State`s territory. 
In addition, nations must prevent the supply, sale and transfer of
all arms and material -- along with any form of military training -- 
to the named individuals and entities. 
Iran said that their warnings about the Taliban and al-Qaeda came 
`when efforts were underway by some to gain recognition for the 
Taliban as the constitutional government of Afghanistan in the United 
Nations and other international organizations`. 
In answering specific questions, Iran said none of the persons on 
a list of terrorist suspects, distributed by the committee, had been 
in Iran; that some 2,300 persons who had illegally entered Iran since 
shortly after the al-Qaeda attacks on the United States, had all been 
turned over to Pakistani border guards; that an additional 400 persons
attempting to enter Iran during the second Persian Gulf war had been 
refused entry, and that Iran has taken measures `to enlighten 
high-standing scholars, thinkers, elites` in its border areas `to 
prevent the spread of the influence of the Taliban and al-Qaeda`. 
In answer to a question about any international support it would 
need to help in the anti-terrorism fight, Iran said, "It is hoped the 
international community, particularly the United Nations, will extend 
assistance" to Iran`s effort to control its borders with Afghanistan 
and Pakistan. 
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