Iran Denies Landing of Coalition Paratroopers on its Soil

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Iran Denies Landing of Coalition Paratroopers on its Soil

Iran on Thursday termed as rumor reports that two US or British paratroopers had landed in southern parts of west Iran's Khuzestan Province.

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Iran on Thursday termed as rumor reports that two US or British paratroopers had landed in southern parts of west Iran's Khuzestan Province.

"There is no truth to such assertion. Local people have rejectedany indication that foreign forces have landed on the Iranian soil," a provincial official said, quoted by the official IRNA newsagency.

Earlier in the day, there were reports that two US or British paratroopers had veered off-course due to strong winds and landed in the border area of the province with Iraq.

Although several war-related incidents have occurred in the province, daily life of local people remains normal.

About 1,000 US troops parachuted into the Kurdish-controlled mountainous area in northern Iraq early Thursday morning, paving the way for a northern front in a US-led war on Iraq, the US military said.

Troops of the United States and its allies have met with stiff resistance from Iraqi combatants in several cities in southern Iraqover the past few days.

Defying international opposition, the United States and Britain launched a war against Iraq last Thursday under the pretext of toppling Iraqi President Saddam Hussein to disarm Iraq of weapons of mass destruction.

Iraq has denounced the US and British invaders as "criminals" and "villains," while urging the international community to stop the "aggression" unconditionally.

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