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While India showed due deference to the visiting Iranian leader by going beyond the protocol organizing as addressed to the Parliament as well as a public rally at Lucknow in Uttar Pradesh Mr. Rafsanjani on his part was quite fourth coming in stating that Indo-Iranian ties would not be affected by the Jammu and Kashmir dispute or the Babri Masjid issue. Observers attach great importance to the fact that Mr. Rafsanjani commended India's treatment of all it's religious communities including the minorities. It is also significant that in answer to a question about the disputed structure in Ayodhya, the Iranian leader categorically declared that there is no need for any further propaganda about the matter. Likewise, on the Kashmir issue, he retorted what incidentally has been India's consisten