DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - A Dubai-based newspaper said Sunday it stands by a story in which it quoted Iran's president as saying he might curtail oil sales if his nation is referred to the U.N. Security Council for possible sanctions over its nuclear program.
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After the story quoting Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad appeared Saturday, the president's office issued a statement saying he 'never had an interview, either oral or written' with the newspaper.
On Sunday, the Khaleej Times acknowledged that the confusion might have arisen because the reporter, a freelance journalist, told the president she was working for another paper.
The newspaper said the reporter on several occasions 'presented herself (to Ahmadinejad) as a reporter with the American-based Arabic News, and not as a Khaleej Times reporter, though she has given this report exclusively to Khaleej Times.'
The paper's editor, Prem Chandran, told The Associated Press: 'We support what we published.'
02 October, 2005
Khaleej Times makes news : Albany Democrat-Herald
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Khaleej Times no longer makes sense. I have no idea how they are going to fight the new competition.
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