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Iranian foreign ministry pointman on Iraq, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, speaks during a press conference at the Iranian Embassy in Baghdad, 06 August 2007. Iranian, Iraqi and US experts held today the first meeting of a joint security committee looking to ease the insurgency in Iraq that has put arch-foes Washington and Tehran at loggerheads. AFP PHOTO / SABAH ARAR (Photo credit should read SABAH ARAR/AFP/Getty Images)