IMRA Newsletter
Iran will not accept Israeli Aid
Haaretz
28 Dec. 2003
20,000 people die in earthquake in Bam, Iran
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By News Agencies
BAM, Iran - governments around the world rushed hundreds of medical experts, rescue teams, water-purification systems - even tea - to Iran on Saturday to provide aid to the earthquake-ravaged country.
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Jahanbakhsh Khanjani, a spokesman for Iran's Interior Ministry, said Saturday that Iran would accept aid from all countries of the world, aside from Israel. The announcement followed statements by foreign correspondents in Jerusalem, who reported that the Foreign Ministry had said that unofficial Israeli sources were considering sending aid to Iran. "The Islamic Republic of Iran accepts all kinds of humanitarian aid from all countries and international organizations with the exception of the Zionist regime [Israel]," Khanjani said.
Dr. Joseph Lerner