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Iranian Foreign Minister Mottaki sacked

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki, who was fired from the post by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Dec. 13, 2010.

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Iran's Mottaki in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki speaks during an interview with Kyodo News in Tokyo on May 31, 2010.

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Japanese, Iranian ministers discuss nuclear issues

TOKYO, Japan - Iranian Foreign Manouchehr Mottaki (3rd from front on L) and his Japanese counterpart Katsuya Okada (right side front) hold talks in Tokyo on May 31, 2010. The Iranian foreign minister's visit to Japan comes at a time when the United States has presented a draft resolution to the U.N. Security Council to impose fresh sanctions on Iran over its uranium enrichment activities.

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Japanese, Iranian ministers discuss nuclear issues

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada (L) and his Iranian counterpart Manouchehr Mottaki shake hands before their meeting in Tokyo on May 31, 2010. The Iranian foreign minister's visit to Japan comes at a time when the United States has presented a draft resolution to the U.N. Security Council to impose fresh sanctions on Iran over its uranium enrichment activities.

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Iran foreign minister speaks about uranium transport

TEHRAN, Iran - Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki speaks during an interview at the Foreign Ministry in Tehran on May 29, 2010. Mottaki said that Iran will seek Japan's understanding for a plan to transport its low-enriched uranium to Turkey in exchange for nuclear fuel.

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Iran, U.S. can take relations to 'new stage': Mottaki

TEHRAN, Iran - Visiting Japanese Foreign Minister Hirofumi Nakasone (L) and Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki shake hands in Tehran on May 2 prior to their joint news conference.

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Iran, U.S. can take relations to 'new stage': Mottaki

TEHRAN, Iran - Visiting Japanese Foreign Minister Hirofumi Nakasone (L) and Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki attend a joint news conference in Tehran on May 2 after their talks.

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Japan, Iran agree to cooperate in aiding Pakistan, Afghanistan

TOKYO, Japan - Visiting Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki (L) and Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso shake hands at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on April 16 prior to their talks.

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Japan official meets Mottaki for talks on kidnapped student

TEHRAN, Iran - Japan's Senior Vice Foreign Minister Itsunori Onodera (L) meets with Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki in Tehran on Dec. 4 to request that Iran help secure the speedy release of a Japanese university student kidnapped in Iran in October.

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Japan official in Iran for talks on kidnapped student

TEHRAN, Iran - Japan's Senior Vice Foreign Minister Itsunori Onodera fields questions from reporters upon arriving at Tehran airport on Dec. 4. He visited Iran to request that Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki and other senior officials help secure the speedy release of a Japanese university student kidnapped in Iran in October.

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Japanese student kidnapped in Iran safe, senior official says

ISTANBUL, Turkey - Japanese Senior Vice Foreign Minister Itsunori Onodera speaks about Satoshi Nakamura, a male Japanese college student kidnapped in Iran about three weeks ago, after talks with Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki in Istanbul. Onodera talked with Mottaki during a dinner held in Istanbul for a foreign ministerial meeting on the stabilization of Iraq.

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U.N. Security Council strengthens sanctions on Iran

NEW YORK, United States - Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki speaks at the United Nations Security Council at the U.N. headquarters in New York on March 24. The Security Council approved by consensus an amended draft of a resolution Saturday to impose fresh sanctions on Iran for its refusal to freeze uranium enrichment program.

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Iran says ready to cooperate to bring cease-fire in Mideast

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Aso (L) and Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki pose for a photo prior to their talks on the sidelines of the ASEAN Regional Forum in Kuala Lumpur on July 28. Mottaki said later Iran is willing to offer assistance in resolving the ongoing Israel-Hezbollah conflict.

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Iran foreign minister arrives in Malaysia to discuss Mideast

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki arrives at a hotel in Kuala Lumpur on July 27 for an overnight visit to discuss the Middle East crisis.

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Iran to continue uranium enrichment, full-scale enrichment eyed

TOKYO, Japan - Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki speaks in an interview with Kyodo News in Tokyo on Feb. 28. He said that Iran will not halt its current uranium enrichment activities for research purposes, even if Tehran strikes a compromise with Moscow to avert a stalemate over the nuclear issue, and is ultimately eyeing full-scale uranium enrichment in the country. ''We are talking about moving together from where we are now and there is no going back. It means the current situation will be kept and will continue,'' Mottaki said.

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Iran's Mottaki asks for Japanese participation in nuclear plants

TOKYO, Japan - Visiting Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki (L) and Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi shake hands at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Feb. 28 prior to their talks.

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Aso meets Iranian foreign minister to discuss nuclear row

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Aso (L) and his Iranian counterpart Manouchehr Mottaki shake hands at the Foreign Ministry's Iikura guesthouse in Tokyo on Feb. 27 before staring their talks.

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Japan urges Iran to stop uranium conversion, talk with EU

NEW YORK, United States - Japanese Foreign Minister Nobutaka Machimura (L) and Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki pose for photos at the start of their talks at a New York hotel on Sept. 18. Machimura urged Iran to abandon its uranium conversion program and promptly resume negotiations with the three EU members dealing with the Iranian nuclear issue.

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Japan urges Iran to stop uranium conversion, talk with EU

NEW YORK, United States - Japanese Foreign Minister Nobutaka Machimura (R) and Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki pose for photos prior to their talks at a New York hotel on Sept. 18. Machimura urged Iran to abandon its uranium conversion program and promptly resume negotiations with the three EU members dealing with the Iranian nuclear issue.

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Japan urges Iran to stop uranium conversion, talk with EU

NEW YORK, United States - Japanese Foreign Minister Nobutaka Machimura (L) and Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki pose for photos at the start of their talks at a New York hotel on Sept. 18. Machimura urged Iran to abandon its uranium conversion program and promptly resume negotiations with the three EU members dealing with the Iranian nuclear issue. (Kyodo)

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Aso meets Iranian foreign minister to discuss nuclear row

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Aso (L) and his Iranian counterpart Manouchehr Mottaki shake hands at the Foreign Ministry's Iikura guesthouse in Tokyo on Feb. 27 before staring their talks. (Kyodo)

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Iran's Mottaki asks for Japanese participation in nuclear plants

TOKYO, Japan - Visiting Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki (L) and Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi shake hands at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Feb. 28 prior to their talks. (Kyodo)

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Iran to continue uranium enrichment, full-scale enrichment eyed

TOKYO, Japan - Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki speaks in an interview with Kyodo News in Tokyo on Feb. 28. He said that Iran will not halt its current uranium enrichment activities for research purposes, even if Tehran strikes a compromise with Moscow to avert a stalemate over the nuclear issue, and is ultimately eyeing full-scale uranium enrichment in the country. ''We are talking about moving together from where we are now and there is no going back. It means the current situation will be kept and will continue,'' Mottaki said. (Kyodo)

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Iran says ready to cooperate to bring cease-fire in Mideast

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Aso (L) and Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki pose for a photo prior to their talks on the sidelines of the ASEAN Regional Forum in Kuala Lumpur on July 28. Mottaki said later Iran is willing to offer assistance in resolving the ongoing Israel-Hezbollah conflict. (Kyodo)

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U.N. Security Council strengthens sanctions on Iran

NEW YORK, United States - Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki speaks at the United Nations Security Council at the U.N. headquarters in New York on March 24. The Security Council approved by consensus an amended draft of a resolution Saturday to impose fresh sanctions on Iran for its refusal to freeze uranium enrichment program. (Kyodo)

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Japan, Iran agree to cooperate in aiding Pakistan, Afghanistan

TOKYO, Japan - Visiting Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki (L) and Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso shake hands at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on April 16 prior to their talks. (Kyodo)

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Iran, U.S. can take relations to 'new stage': Mottaki

TEHRAN, Iran - Visiting Japanese Foreign Minister Hirofumi Nakasone (L) and Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki attend a joint news conference in Tehran on May 2 after their talks. (Kyodo)

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Iran, U.S. can take relations to 'new stage': Mottaki

TEHRAN, Iran - Visiting Japanese Foreign Minister Hirofumi Nakasone (L) and Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki shake hands in Tehran on May 2 prior to their joint news conference. (Kyodo)

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Japan urges Iran to stop uranium conversion, talk with EU

NEW YORK, United States - Japanese Foreign Minister Nobutaka Machimura (R) and Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki pose for photos prior to their talks at a New York hotel on Sept. 18. Machimura urged Iran to abandon its uranium conversion program and promptly resume negotiations with the three EU members dealing with the Iranian nuclear issue. (Kyodo)

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Iran foreign minister arrives in Malaysia to discuss Mideast

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki arrives at a hotel in Kuala Lumpur on July 27 for an overnight visit to discuss the Middle East crisis. (Kyodo)

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Japan official meets Mottaki for talks on kidnapped student

TEHRAN, Iran - Japan's Senior Vice Foreign Minister Itsunori Onodera (L) meets with Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki in Tehran on Dec. 4 to request that Iran help secure the speedy release of a Japanese university student kidnapped in Iran in October. (Kyodo)

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Japan official in Iran for talks on kidnapped student

TEHRAN, Iran - Japan's Senior Vice Foreign Minister Itsunori Onodera fields questions from reporters upon arriving at Tehran airport on Dec. 4. He visited Iran to request that Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki and other senior officials help secure the speedy release of a Japanese university student kidnapped in Iran in October. (Kyodo)

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Japanese student kidnapped in Iran safe, senior official says

ISTANBUL, Turkey - Japanese Senior Vice Foreign Minister Itsunori Onodera speaks about Satoshi Nakamura, a male Japanese college student kidnapped in Iran about three weeks ago, after talks with Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki in Istanbul. Onodera talked with Mottaki during a dinner held in Istanbul for a foreign ministerial meeting on the stabilization of Iraq. (Kyodo)

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Iran foreign minister speaks about uranium transport

TEHRAN, Iran - Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki speaks during an interview at the Foreign Ministry in Tehran on May 29, 2010. Mottaki said that Iran will seek Japan's understanding for a plan to transport its low-enriched uranium to Turkey in exchange for nuclear fuel. (Kyodo)

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Iran's Mottaki in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki speaks during an interview with Kyodo News in Tokyo on May 31, 2010. (Kyodo)

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Japanese, Iranian ministers discuss nuclear issues

TOKYO, Japan - Iranian Foreign Manouchehr Mottaki (3rd from front on L) and his Japanese counterpart Katsuya Okada (right side front) hold talks in Tokyo on May 31, 2010. The Iranian foreign minister's visit to Japan comes at a time when the United States has presented a draft resolution to the U.N. Security Council to impose fresh sanctions on Iran over its uranium enrichment activities. (Kyodo)

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Japanese, Iranian ministers discuss nuclear issues

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada (L) and his Iranian counterpart Manouchehr Mottaki shake hands before their meeting in Tokyo on May 31, 2010. The Iranian foreign minister's visit to Japan comes at a time when the United States has presented a draft resolution to the U.N. Security Council to impose fresh sanctions on Iran over its uranium enrichment activities. (Kyodo)

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Iranian Foreign Minister Mottaki sacked

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki, who was fired from the post by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Dec. 13, 2010. (Kyodo)