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Israel has said its nuclear experts met Iranian officials to discuss the chances of declaring the Middle East a nuclear-free zone, a claim which was denied by Teheran. A media report, however, said that since the fall of the Shah of Iran in 1979, Meirav Zafary-Odiz, Director of Policy and Arms Control of Israel, and Ali Asghar Soltanieh, Teheran’s delegate to the IAEA, had , met between Sept 29 and 30 in Cairo “in a regional context” and under Australia’s auspices. Also at the meeting were ...