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Iran Denies Terrorist Bases in Territory

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The Iranian Foreign Ministry Wednesday strongly denied press reports that President Mohammad Khatami had received a message from US President George W. Bush, notifying him of the potential terrorist bases inside Iran.

Foreign Ministry spokesman Hamid Reza Asefi was quoted by the IRNA news agency as saying that in the past days, some press reports in regional countries said that Bush sent a letter to Khatami, calling his attention to the existence of terrorist bases in Iran.

Asefi said that Iran strongly and categorically rejects claims that there are any terrorist bases in its territory.

Arab News, Saudi Arabia's first English daily, said in its online version on Tuesday that US President Bush has sent a secret message to President Khatami informing him of terrorist training camps operating in Iran.

Bush said he was sure that Khatami would be unaware of the existence of terrorist training camps in the country, according to the newspaper.

The United States has for years cited Iran as a sponsor of international terrorism. Earlier in the year, Bush accused Iran of being part of the "axis of evil," which attempted to develop weapons of mass destruction.

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