Show I The Herald Journal Logan Utah Wednesday October 29 2003 — A7' Q World Dram coffooses to Gusiinid ©VQirteFDWsaos TEHRAN Iran (AP) — Iran on Tuesday rejected a US demand to hand over senior operatives in its custody saying the terror suspects would stand trial in radio Iranian courts state-ru- n reported Aday earlier Secretary of State Colin Powell insisted that senior operatives held by Iran should be turned over to their countries of origin or to the United States for interrogation and trial da " “Al-Qaid- a operatives cur- rently in (our) custody have ' committal crimes in Iran” Foreign Ministry spokesman Hamid Reza Asefi was quoted by the radio as saying “They will be tried in Iranian courts and will be punished on the basis of the laws of die coun- try” Asefi said Powell’s demand was “irrelevant” The spokesman said Sunday that Iran had given the UN Security Council die names of - -- 66 operatives currently in "Al-Qai- da - t (our) custody have committed crimes in Iran They will be tried in Iranian courts and will be punished on the basis of the laws of the country" 225 suspected operatives it detained and returned to their countries S When asked how many operatives were in Iranian custody Asefi would only say that they had “a number of them” He said Iran would not reveal die number and names ' of suspects in cus f : ' tody for security reasons Asefi also said Iran told the United Nations about 2300 people who sneaked across the border from Pakistan between October 2002 and July 2003 and were deported back to Pakistan Powell said Monday the Let Trane and JM Mechanical US administration was seeking “clarification” of the information Iran had provided to the United Nations Department spokesman Richard Boucher A said Tuesday the Bush administration “remains deeply concerned about these kind of objectionable and damaging policies that Iran has pursued with regard to supporting ter-rorism And we remain par- v ticulariy concerned by the ‘ presence of senior alQaida figures in Iran” Intelligence Minister Ali ' Yunesi confirmed in July that Iran was holding “a large number of small and big-tielements of : Give You Up To A and ( Offer Expires October 31 2003 ) - With a new heating system yoifU dramatically reduce the cost ofyour monthly utility bilL !':1 vfi- m CMMDetails ' ? 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