(New York Times) Thomas Erdbrink and Rick Gladstone - UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon met with four members of Iran's hierarchy in Tehran on Wednesday, including the supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Ban's spokesman said the "very serious meetings" addressed the disputed Iranian nuclear program, the Syria conflict, human rights problems and what he called the Iranian leadership's objectionable comments about Israel. Iran's state news media, which described Ban's visit as a repudiation of American and Israeli efforts to isolate Iran, made no mention of Ban's criticism of Iran's human rights record or the comments about Israel.
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