Police Colonel Mehrdad Omidi, who runs the Internet crime division, stated in the Iranian press,Saturday, that what he calls "insults and spreading of lies,"
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The Israeli Foreign Ministry issued an official statement expressing concern over Mr Straw's remarks, which appeared intheIranianpress.
Apart from praise for the dead leader inthe Arabic and Iranianpress, concern is expressed over the transition of power and the role of more radical organisations like Hamas inthe process.
It is not known whether Gen Shateri was killed on the Lebanese or Syrian side of the border, although an Iranian official in Damascus told the Associated Press news agency that he had been killed within Syria.