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    Iran's Khatami says roots of terror must be examined after Beslan

    Agence France Presse -- English
    September 8, 2004 Wednesday

    YEREVAN Sept 8 -- Iranian President Mohammad Khatami on Wednesday
    reaffirmed his condemnation of the Beslan hostage tragedy but added
    that the root causes of terror could be found in the "discrimination"
    of peoples.

    "Without looking at the roots it is impossible to fight terrorism.

    The roots can be found in the same places where security forces impose
    a discriminatory policy and people suffer from this," said Khatami
    following talks here with his Armenian counterpart Robert Kocharian.

    "Unable to find an adequate response to this fight they (discriminated
    people) take harsh steps. This is why when you condemn terrorism you
    must also condemn violence," he added.

    Although he did not refer explicitly to any particular region, his
    comments appeared to refer to the strife-torn Russian republic of
    Chechnya, where Moscow's troops have been locked in a decade-long
    war with rebels amid allegations of human rights violations.

    However he also spoke out against the way "certain terrorists want
    to present their acts under the mask of religion. They besmirch the
    religions that preach peace and humanism."
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