The World - News from June 22, 1989
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The Soviet Union and Iran signed wide-ranging agreements to boost economic cooperation to the year 2000. The pacts were sealed during a landmark visit to Moscow by Hashemi Rafsanjani, Speaker of Iran’s Parliament. The chief of the Soviet armed forces indicated earlier that Soviet arms sales to Iran are being considered, but Gen. Mikhail A. Moiseyev said the decision will be made by political leaders, not military men. The accords cover commercial, economic, scientific and technological cooperation in a number of fields, including nuclear energy.
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