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24 July 2004 - 15:34 AMT

PERSIAN JOURNAL ACCUSED AZERBAIJAN IN RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION OF CASPIAN

Persian Journal, being issued in Iran, accuses Azerbaijan in radioactive pollution of the Caspian. As reported by Echo Baku newspaper, material author Mortez Aminmansur states Azeri officials have received $260 thousand from a foreign structure “for each container with atomic waste thrown in the Caspian.” As reported by the journal, nuclear radiation sources are also discovered near Akstafa – in military objects that have remained in Nakhichevan after the USSR.