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To: maceng2 who wrote (1354)	9/25/2001 9:41:30 AM
From: maceng2	Respond to of 281500

Iran backs anti-terror consensus in Straw talks (Ananova) Jack Straw has won the backing of Iran for the growing coalition against international terrorism as he opened his ground-breaking visit to Tehran. Mr Straw was rewarded with a condemnation of the US terror attacks as "a great menace to humanity" by the Iranian foreign minister. But his visit threatened to be overshadowed by a deepening diplomatic row with Israel as Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has cancelled a meeting with Mr Straw. The Israelis were infuriated by an article the Foreign Secretary wrote for the Iranian press in which he said anger over the plight of the Palestinians was helping to "breed" terror. His comments were condemned as an "obscenity" by Israeli transport minister Ephraim Sneh and both Mr Sharon and President Moshe Katsav cancelled meetings with him. Mr Straw said while he fully understood Israeli "sensitivities", he believed it had been important to go ahead with the visit to Iran. Mr Straw rejected the Iranian foreign minister's description of Israel as a "racist, Zionist regime". He said Britain was opposed equally to political violence committed against Palestinians as it was to violence against Jews. Tony Blair's official spokesman said no offence was intended by Mr Straw's remarks and discussions about his schedule in Israel are still taking place. ananova.com