FILE PHOTO 2SEP98 - Iranian revolutionary guards on the move to participate in the military manoeuvres held near the Afghanistan border September 2. Iran's Ground Forces commander Brigadier General Abdolali Pourshasb said September 12 in a news conference in Tehran "our policy is defensive. We do not intend to commit aggression against any country .... but we are ready to answer any move by the Taleban with a full power." Pourshasb also said that Iran would hold a military exercise near Afghan border in late September.

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