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Just Out.....Iran vows to back Iraq PM's security drive
Iranian President says his country considers region’s future dependent on victory in war-torn Iraq.
By Stuart Williams

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Tehran, 09 August 2007 (Middle East Online)
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Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on Thursday won pledges from Iranian leaders to support his drive to restore security to Iraq, amid US accusations that Iran is behind deadly attacks in the country.

The embattled Maliki met Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, national security chief Ali Larijani and other top officials on the first day of a two-day trip aimed at expanding already burgeoning ties.

"Iran and Iraq both have heavy responsibilities to bring about peace and security in the region," Ahmadinejad told Maliki after their meeting late on Wednesday, state media reported.

"The situation in the region today, including Iraq, is very sensitive. Tehran considers the future of the region to be dependent on the victory in Iraq," he added.

The website of Iranian state broadcasting said that at the meeting with Larijani, the Iranian side "expressed our country's willingness to help Iraq solve its security problem."

Maliki's talks appeared to confirm the increasingly warm relations that have emerged between majority Shiite Iraq and overwhelmingly Shiite Iran following the fall of the Sunni-dominated regime of Saddam Hussein in 2003.

According to the state-run IRNA news agency, Maliki thanked Iran for its "positive and constructive" work in "providing security and fighting terrorism in Iraq."

The United States, however, accuses Tehran of stoking much of the violence that has bedevilled Iraq following the toppling of Saddam.

Washington claims Tehran backs Shiite militias and supplies weapons capable of penetrating the armour of US military vehicles. The charges are vehemently denied by Iran.
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