Iran: Daily on Israeli, MKO 'propaganda' on using children to clear mine fields

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Document ID: IAP20010708000045

Version Number: 01

Region: Near East/South Asia, West Europe

Sub-Region: South Asia, Near East, West Europe

Country: Iran, Iraq, Israel, Germany

Topic: INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL, TERRORISM

 Source-Date: 07/08/2001

Iran: Daily on Israeli, MKO 'propaganda' on using children to clear mine fields

 IAP20010708000045 Tehran Tehran Times (Internet Version-WWW) in English 8 Jul 01 

[Unattributed report: "Unsuccessful Move of Zionists, MKO to Tarnish Iran's Image" ]

[FBIS Transcribed Text]

    TEHRAN The Zionists are continuing their baseless propaganda against the Islamic Republic of Iran. In Germany, the director of the Jewish Museum on Saturday claimed that Iran used children under nine years old to clear land  mines on the border with Iraq.

      The Iraqi regime planted many mines on the Iranian border during the 1980-88  imposed war.

      Pro-Zionist Jews are claiming that the Iranian government used the children to clear mine fields.

      The MKO terrorists (Monafeqin) kidnapped a number of children in 1988 in order to claim asylum in Germany. The MKO wanted to use those children in their nefarious activities.

     The Monafeqin and the Zionists are trying to tarnish the image of the  Islamic Republic of Iran with this propaganda.

     The fact is that the world knows the true situation in Iran and no one will  be fooled by the terrorist MKO or the Zionists.

 [Description of Source: Tehran Tehran Times (Internet Version-WWW) in English -- conservative English-language Tehran daily published by the Islamic Propagation Organization.   Occasionally critical of some conservative excesses]

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