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Tehran, Aug 5, IRNA -- Interior Minister Abdolvahed Mousavi Lari said here Monday that Iran would not repeat the mistake it made during the US reprisal attacks on Afghanistan with regard to the issue of refugees in case Washington decides to attack Iraq.
Lari, who was speaking at a meeting of refugee affairs officials, said once the US military action on Baghdad begins Iran would set up refugee camps inside Iraqi territory to prevent an influx of refugees into the Islamic Republic.
Nonetheless, he said Iran, if it is eventually forced to accept refugees from Iraq in the event of war, will settle them near its western border to prevent them from spreading throughout the country.
Lari said Iran will have to prepare for developments beyond its western border and work to further decrease the replication of consequences inside.
Following the US attacks on Afghanistan, Iran set up two camps, Mile-46 and Makaki, on the Afghan side of its eastern border to prevent a massive influx of refugees into the country.
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