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Iranian reformers are urging Khatami to get more involved in foreign affairs to stop the harline Ayatollahs from forging closer ties while ignoring chances to expand them with America.
Iran is believed to be trying to use the US threat of military action against Baghdad to extract concessions from its old enemy, such as the return of prisoners held since their 1980-88 war and containment of the People's Mujahideen Organisation, a force of anti-Iranian militants based in Iraq.
In return Baghdad has asked Iran for military assistance and the return of 100 aircraft that took refuge in Iran during the 1991 Gulf war. Tehran has rejected the requests but it is less clear whether it will change its policy of supporting Kurdish and Shia Moslem groups based in northern Iraq and Iran that are opposed to Baghdad.
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