Thursday, March 26, 2009  Iran Related articles 2 November 2020: On the campaign trail in the USA, October 2020 2 July 2020: Iran issues arrest warrants for 36 people, including US President Trump; seeks Interpol's aid 14 April 2020: Iranian International Master Dorsa Derakhshani discusses her chess career with Wikinews 3 March 2020: Iranian government official Mohammad Mir-Mohammadi dies of COVID-19 13 January 2020: Iran admits downing Ukrainian jet, cites 'human error' Location of Iran Collaborate! Pillars of Wikinews writing Writing an article Last week, NATO and Iran had contact for the first time in thirty years, NATO officials stated Thursday. "[An Iranian] diplomat met with Assistant Secretary General for Political Affairs and Security Policy Martin Erdmann," said chief alliance spokesman James Appathurai. The Iranian embassy in Brussels declined to comment on the visit. The visit to Brussels by the Iranian diplomat was the first "since the regime of the Shah" collapsed in the Iranian Revolution led by Ayatollah Khomeini in 1979. "It was a first informal contact about the subject of Afghanistan, [but] we have not yet programmed a second meeting," said Appathurai. Because of Afghanistan's opium production and the stream of Afghan refugees crossing Iran's border, "the Iranians are interested in possible cooperation on Afghanistan," a NATO official stated. Earlier on Thursday, Iran said that it would attend the international meeting on Afghanistan next week in The Hague, Netherlands. Appathurai added that "the fact that Iran has accepted to go to the conference in The Hague is good news and constitutes a new step in the regionalisation of the Afghan issue". Wikipedia has more about this subject: Iranian Revolution Algemeen Nederlands Persbureau. "NAVO en Iran hervatten contact na dertig jaar" — NU.nl, March 26, 2009 (Dutch) "Iran, NATO in first talks in 30 years: NATO officials" — Agence France-Presse, March 26, 2009
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