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Mr Annan said Iran was an important regional player and the president had assured him it would play that role.
The issue of the Holocaust also surfaced during Mr Annan’s visit. Iran said it would go ahead with sponsoring a conference on |
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The Iraqi authorities have announced the arrest of a man they say is the second-in-command of al-Qaeda in Iraq.
Iraq’s national security adviser, Mowaffaq al-Rubaie, told a news conference the man, Hamad Jama al-Saedi, was detained a few days ago.
Mr Rubaie said the man was behind the bombing of a Shia shrine in Samarra in [...]