IRAN RECALLS AMBASSADOR FROM BAKU FOR TALKS

/PanARMENIAN.Net/
29.06.2009 20:33 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Iran has recalled its ambassador to Azerbaijan
for consultations after a visit by Israeli President Shimon Peres to
the Islamic Republic’s northwestern neighbor, an Iranian news agency
reported on June 29.

Quoting an informed source, ISNA said the envoy was recalled to
Tehran after Peres’ visit to Azerbaijan on June 28 and "threats"
which it said the Israeli ambassador in Baku had voiced against Iran,
without elaborating.

The semi-official Fars News Agency carried a similar report.

Iran does not recognize Israel, which it refers to as the "Zionist
regime." Israel has not ruled out military action if diplomatic
efforts fail to resolve Tehran’s nuclear row with the West. Tehran
says its nuclear work is peaceful.

On June 21, Peres, commenting on post-election unrest in Iran, said
he hoped the current Iranian government would disappear.

Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinejad, who officially won the disputed
June 12 election, has sparked outrage in the West by questioning
the Holocaust and predicting the imminent demise of Israel, Reuters
reported.