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Iran denies atom meeting with Israel
Tehran negates reports suggesting Iranian officials met Israeli counterparts during nuclear disarmament conference in Egypt in September; calls it propaganda
Iranian Nuclear Energy Organization spokesman Ali Shirzadian on Thursday denied reports suggesting Iranian and Israeli official held a meeting regarding the Islamic Republic's nuclear program.
"This lie is an act of propaganda aimed at affecting the success of Iranian diplomacy at meetings in Geneva and Vienna," he said.
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Israel Atomic Energy Commission spokeswoman Yael Doron said on Thursday that both countries stated their positions on disarmament separately. She said the "two sides did not meet or speak to one another directly."
Mark Regev, of the Prime Minister's Office, refused comment.
An Egyptian official told AFP that a meeting took place in Cairo in September, during an international conference on nuclear disarmament. The sides, he added "had a very robust exchange."
The Associated Press contributed to this report
