| And the dance continues... |
Iran is sticking by its demand that Iraq should pay substantial reparations for the war between the two countries, the Iranian Foreign Ministry said Sunday. "The demand for war reparations and indemnities is one of our rights and there is no question of renouncing them at the moment," Foreign Ministry spokesman Hamid Reza Asefi said when asked about a US decision to forgive $4.1 bln of Iraqi debt, according to AFP. "Wiping off (war reparations) is not on the agenda," Asefi said, estimating that Iran affirmed $1,000 bln of damages as a result of the war.| "Plus a pony. They definitely owe me a pony." |
Tehran says that former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein started the 1980-1988 war against Iran and ordered the Iraqi military to use chemical weapons against Iranian troops. |