Friday, January 26, 2007

DAR AL ISLAM - IRAN: TEHRAM MAY EXTEND INVITATION TO THE PONTIFF

IRAN: POPE MAY BE INVITED TO TEHRAN

Tehran, 26 Jan. (AKI) - Pope Benedict XVI could soon be invited to visit Iran, Iranian news agencies reported on Friday, citing foreign ministry sources. Though the Islamic Republic has not yet formally invited the pontiff, Iran's ambassador to the Vatican, Mohammad Javad Faridzadeh, allegedly told Benedict XVI that Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and the country's supreme leader, Seyyed Ali Khamenei, would be happy to have him as a guest in Iran in what would become the first visit ever by a pontiff to the country.

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1) IRAN: POPE MAY BE INVITED TO TEHRAN

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