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    IRAN ENVOY OFFERS IRAN'S MEDIATION TO SOLVE NAGORNO-KARABAKH PROBLEM

    Thai Press Reports
    December 15, 2008 Monday

    Section: General News - Iran's Ambassador to Azerbaijan Naser Hamidi
    Zare voiced Tehran's preparedness to help resolve a longstanding
    conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia.

    "Azerbaijan and Armenia make efforts to resolve the conflict. Iran
    can also use its potential in this respect," the envoy said about
    Iran's intention to mediate in the settlement of Nagorno-Karabakh
    conflict, reminding that Iran has made great proposals to Azerbaijan
    on this issue.

    Speaking to reporters during a press conference, Hadimi Zare
    further viewed future of Iran-Azerbaijan relations as very clear
    and prosperous.

    Asked about Iran's view over Turkey's "Caucasus Stability and Security
    Platform" initiative, Hamidi Zareh said the world is tired of Marxist
    and capitalist systems.

    "It is time to create a new clean and honest system. The world needs
    a fair system," he said.

    Elsewhere, the diplomat said Muslim countries, as well as independent
    and free countries of the world must take effective steps toward
    prevention of genocide in Palestine and ending of blockade of Gaza
    Strip.

    Responding to a question about possibility of war between Iran and
    Israel, Hamidi Zare reminded that Tehran does not recognize any such
    country as Israel, and called possibility of war as tattles.

    Israel and its close ally the United States accuse Iran of seeking
    a nuclear weapon, while they have never presented any corroborative
    document to substantiate their allegations. Both Washington and Tel
    Aviv possess advanced weapons of mass destruction, including nuclear
    warheads.

    Iran vehemently denies the charges, insisting that its nuclear program
    is for peaceful purposes only. Tehran stresses that the country has
    always pursued a civilian path to provide power to the growing number
    of Iranian population, whose fossil fuel would eventually run dry.

    Speculation that Israel could bomb Iran has mounted since a big
    Israeli air drill in June. In the first week of June, 100 Israeli
    F-16 and F-15 fighters reportedly took part in an exercise over the
    eastern Mediterranean and Greece, which was interpreted as a dress
    rehearsal for a possible attack on Iran's nuclear installations.

    Iran has, in return, warned that it would target Israel and its
    worldwide interests in case it comes under attack by the Tel Aviv.

    A US attack on the Syrian village of Sukkariyah on October 26, has
    also raised speculation about the likelihood of a US unilateral strike
    on the Islamic Republic.

    The United States has also always stressed that military action is
    a main option for the White House to deter Iran's progress in the
    field of nuclear technology.

    Iran has warned it could close the strategic Strait of Hormoz if it
    became the target of a military attack over its nuclear program.

    Strait of Hormoz, the entrance to the strategic Persian Gulf waterway,
    is a major oil shipping route.

    Meantime, a recent study by the Institute for Science and International
    Security (ISIS), a prestigious American think tank, has found that a
    military strike on Iran's nuclear facilities "is unlikely" to delay
    the country's program.

    The ISIS study also cautioned that an attack against Iran would
    backfire by compelling the country to acquire nuclear weaponry.

    Intensified threats by Tel Aviv and Washington of military action
    against Iran contradict a recent report by 16 US intelligence
    bodies which endorsed the civilian nature of Iran's nuclear plans
    and activities.

    Following the US National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) and similar
    reports by the IAEA head - one in November and the other one in
    February - which praised Iran's truthfulness about key aspects of
    its past nuclear activities and announced settlement of outstanding
    issues with Tehran, any effort to impose further sanctions or launch
    military attack on Iran seems to be completely irrational.

    The February report by the UN nuclear watchdog, the International
    Atomic Energy Agency, praised Iran's cooperation in clearing up all
    of the past questions over its nuclear program, vindicating Iran's
    nuclear program and leaving no justification for any new UN sanctions.

    The UN nuclear watchdog has also carried out at least 14 surprise
    inspections of Iran's nuclear sites so far, but found nothing to
    support West's allegations.

    Following the said reports by the US and international bodies, many
    world states have called the UN Security Council pressure against
    Tehran unjustified, demanding that Iran's case be normalized and
    returned from the UNSC to the IAEA. - FNA
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