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Wed, 10/12/2011 - 14:46
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Speaker Dismisses US Accusations against Iran as "Childish Game"
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani on Wednesday categorically denied the US accusations that Iran had plotted to assassinate a Saudi envoy to Washington, and described the allegations as a childish game played by the US officials to hide their problems.
"They were cheap remarks and it was clear that they are tying to cover up their problems through staging a massive media campaign," Larijani said.
He said the fact that the US State Department canceled the planned press conference of the US Secretary of State showed that "they had a political stroke and realized that they had started a childish game."
"The Americans intended to spark a new and fake crisis but we have conventional ties with the Saudis and Iran has no motive for conducting such childish acts that they are claiming," Larijani noted.
FBI and DEA agents alleged on Tuesday that they have disrupted a plot to commit a "significant terrorist act in the United States" tied to Iran.
The US officials claimed that the plot included the assassination of the Saudi Arabian ambassador to the United States, Adel Al-Jubeir, with a bomb and subsequent bomb attacks on the Saudi and Israeli embassies in Washington, D.C. Bombings of the Saudi and Israeli embassies in Buenos Aires, Argentina, were also discussed, according to the US officials.
US Attorney General Eric Holder claimed in an announcement today that the plan was "conceived, sponsored and was directed from Iran" by a faction of the government and called it a "flagrant" violation of US and international law.
Shortly after Holder publicly announced the foiled plot, the US Treasury announced it was initiating sanctions against five people allegedly connected to the plot.
In reply, Iran strongly rejected the US accusations that it has plotted to assassinate the Saudi envoy to Washington as an unfounded scenario.
Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ramin Mehman-Parast dismissed the US allegations as a prefabricated scenario which is totally unfounded.
"Such worn-out approaches which are based on the old hostile policies of the American-Zionist axis are a humorous act and part of the special scenarios staged and pursued by the enemies of Islam and the region to sow discord (among Muslims)," Mehman-Parast said.
The spokesman, who condemned all terrorist attacks, further said, "Those who have worked out such prefabricated scenarios are after no goal but fomenting strife (among Muslims) and helping the Zionist regime to come out of isolation."
"The Islamic Republic of Iran is a ruling system based on Islamic values and ethics and has always warned of the danger of the enemies of the region.
"Such redundant scenarios are staged by the American-Zionist axis under such conditions that the US policies both inside and outside the region have proved seriously inefficient and faced massive domestic and global protests."
"They were cheap remarks and it was clear that they are tying to cover up their problems through staging a massive media campaign," Larijani said.
He said the fact that the US State Department canceled the planned press conference of the US Secretary of State showed that "they had a political stroke and realized that they had started a childish game."
"The Americans intended to spark a new and fake crisis but we have conventional ties with the Saudis and Iran has no motive for conducting such childish acts that they are claiming," Larijani noted.
FBI and DEA agents alleged on Tuesday that they have disrupted a plot to commit a "significant terrorist act in the United States" tied to Iran.
The US officials claimed that the plot included the assassination of the Saudi Arabian ambassador to the United States, Adel Al-Jubeir, with a bomb and subsequent bomb attacks on the Saudi and Israeli embassies in Washington, D.C. Bombings of the Saudi and Israeli embassies in Buenos Aires, Argentina, were also discussed, according to the US officials.
US Attorney General Eric Holder claimed in an announcement today that the plan was "conceived, sponsored and was directed from Iran" by a faction of the government and called it a "flagrant" violation of US and international law.
Shortly after Holder publicly announced the foiled plot, the US Treasury announced it was initiating sanctions against five people allegedly connected to the plot.
In reply, Iran strongly rejected the US accusations that it has plotted to assassinate the Saudi envoy to Washington as an unfounded scenario.
Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ramin Mehman-Parast dismissed the US allegations as a prefabricated scenario which is totally unfounded.
"Such worn-out approaches which are based on the old hostile policies of the American-Zionist axis are a humorous act and part of the special scenarios staged and pursued by the enemies of Islam and the region to sow discord (among Muslims)," Mehman-Parast said.
The spokesman, who condemned all terrorist attacks, further said, "Those who have worked out such prefabricated scenarios are after no goal but fomenting strife (among Muslims) and helping the Zionist regime to come out of isolation."
"The Islamic Republic of Iran is a ruling system based on Islamic values and ethics and has always warned of the danger of the enemies of the region.
"Such redundant scenarios are staged by the American-Zionist axis under such conditions that the US policies both inside and outside the region have proved seriously inefficient and faced massive domestic and global protests."
