Iran pays rare tribute to Arafat

Iran changes its position on Arafat???

IRAN today offered rare praise for Yasser Arafat, calling him a
defender of the Palestinian people, and said his efforts for
Palestinian rights should be clear to all.

The comments, issued by the Iranian Cabinet, were a far cry from
Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's criticism of Mr Arafat
in 1998, when he described him as "shameless" and a "traitor". more

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