The World - News from June 16, 1986
Iranian opposition leader Massoud Rajavi conferred with Iraqi President Saddam Hussein and received support for his movement, the official Iraq News Agency reported from Baghdad. Rajavi and the top aides of his Moujahedeen group arrived in Iraq earlier this month after leaving their Paris exile base, reportedly under French pressure. Diplomats have speculated that Rajavi will try to set up a government opposed to the Tehran regime on Iranian territory occupied by Iraq in the Persian Gulf War.
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