US, Iran reach compromise

Published May 14, 2003

TEHRAN, May 13: Iran and the United States have reached a compromise over Iraq, at secret talks in Geneva, the Iran News paper reported on Tuesday.

Quoting informed Iranian sources, the daily reported that the US had promised to disarm the Iranian rebel group Peoples Mujaheddin in Iraq and, in return, Tehran had been asked not to meddle in the internal affairs of Iraq, especially among the Shias in south Iraq. Zalmay Khalilzad led the American side while the Iranian side was led by Mohammad- Javad Zari.—dpa

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