Yunesi dismisses as "sheer lie" claims of Saddam's son

Tehran, Aug 26, IRNA -- Information Minister Hojatoleslam Ali Yunesi here on Monday refuted the recent claim of Uday, the son of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, that Iran is linked with a group in northern Iraq which is said to support the al-Qaeda network.
          Yunesi in an interview with IRNA said the rumor which has been spread by Iraqi officials to win Americans' consent is a "sheer lie."
          Uday had claimed recently that Iran had had links with the group `Ansar-ul-Islam' in northern Iraq that is allegedly cooperate with the al-Qaeda network.

          Yunesi said, "We had been in confrontation with the Taliban and al-Qaeda; the group had been supporting and harboring the notorious groups fleeing east of Iran and the Islamic Republic of Iran has paid a dear cost to confront the group."
          He also termed as "pure fabrication" the claims of American officials that certain al-Qaeda elements were present in Iran.        

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