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(Nov 30, 02) Interview with Dr. Mohammad-Javad Larljanl: We Must Have Responded Positively to McFarlane Mission Dr. Mohammad-Javad Larijani, the deputy Judiciary chief for international affairs says in civic skill and technology Iran is as backward as it is in connection with Paykan (national car).
(Nov 23, 02) Iran Should Have More Assertive Iraq Policy TEHRAN-A senior Iranian reformist said in an interview that the Islamic Republic oflran should be more assertive in guarding its interests should the United States topple the Iraqi government.
ISNA quoted Mohsen Mirdamadi, president of Parliament's Foreign Affairs Commission, as saying that Iran and the United States "could have common interests on certain issues" despite their poor relations.
S. attack on Iraq despite a national loathing of its leader Saddam Hussein, and a number of critics have accused officials here of failing to assert Iran's interests over the issue.
Mirdamadi, a close ally of reformist President Mohammed Khatami, told ISNA that Tehran and Washington managed to find common ground in ousting Afghanistan's Taliban regime and added that Iran could have continued to act in a way that would not have left it lumped into an "axis of evil".
(Nov 30, 02) Straw Calls for Stronger Iran-UK Ties British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw says he did not carry any message from the United States during his third visit to Tehran to win its support for a possible military action against Iraq.