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Asefi rebukes Powell for "baseless" claims over Iran`s nuke plan

IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency

Tehran, Nov 19, IRNA-- Foreign Ministry Spokesman Hamid Reza Asefi 
here Friday said that the recent claims of the US Secretary of State 
Colin Powell over Iran`s nuclear programs was "baseless." 
The foreign ministry press center quoted Asefi as stressing "there
is no place for weapons of mass destruction in Iran`s defense 
doctrine. Tehran has no plan in this connection," he reiterated. 
According to the Western media reports on Wednesday, Powell has 
claimed that Washington had intelligence suggesting that Tehran was 
working on the technology to deliver a nuclear warhead on a missile. 
"The US statemen have repeatedly become disgraced and discredited 
before world public opinion for publishing inaccurate information," 
said the spokesman. He suggested the US officials to "reconsider their
intelligence sources." 
"Powell`s claims which come after Iran`s agreement with the 
European big Three (Britain, France and Germany) and after the report 
of Mr. ELBaradei were indicative of the US anger over Iran`s process 
of confidence-building and transparency," the spokesman said. 
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