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Iran says "too soon" to discuss peace-troops to Iraq

IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency

Tehran, Aug 29, IRNA -- Foreign Ministry spokesman Hamid-Reza Assefi 
said here on Sunday that Iran`s decision toward a possible UN request 
to send peace-keeping troops to Iraq will depend on the establishment 
of a permanent government in the country. 
"We have not made any such request and have neither received any 
request [to that effect]," Assefi told reporters in a news meeting. 
"It is still too soon to judge Iraq`s current situation, and one 
should wait for the establishment of a permanent government in the 
country to see how it wants other countries to be in Iraq." 
Assefi`s comments were raised just as Iraq`s Deputy Prime Minister
Barham Saleh arrived in Tehran Saturday to discuss issues of mutual 
interest with Iranian officials. 
Saleh, who is accompanied by Interior Minister Fallah al-Naqib and
Minister of Transportation Behnam Zia Boulos, is reportedly visiting 
Tehran to make preparations for Prime Minister Iyad Allawi`s trip to 
the Islamic Republic. 
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