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Iran complains about U.S. detentions (AP)
Filed: January 19th 2007: World

Nicolas Burns, the U.S. Undersecretary of State, right, reacts before his meeting with Yigit Alpogan, Secretary General of Turkey's National Security Council, in Ankara, Friday, Jan. 19, 2007. Burns is discussing Iraq and Iran's controversial nuclear program with Turkish officials, reports said.(AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)AP - Iran charged in a letter to U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Friday that the United States illegally attacked its consulate in the northern Iraqi city of Irbil last week and demanded the immediate release of five detained Iranians.


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