US presses Iran to hand over al-Qaida suspects

THE United States is pressing Iran to hand over al-Qaida suspects believed

Tue, 27 May, 2003 - 01:00

American intelligence to have been working in Iranian territory, it was reported yesterday.

US officials told The New York Times that the message was delivered shortly after the suicide attacks in the Saudi Arabian capital Riyadh which killed 34 people, including nine Americans and two Britons.

US intelligence has picked up signs that al-Qaida members based in Iran might have been involved in the bombings, the officials told the newspaper.

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