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Wed, 10/12/2011 - 14:48
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Senior Analyst: US Trying to Create Rift among Muslims during Hajj Pilgrimage
TEHRAN (FNA)- A senior Iranian analyst dismissed the recent US allegations against Iran, and said such accusations are raised to create a rift among Muslims in time of Hajj pilgrimage - the worldwide Muslim reunification.
"The Americans' accusations against Iran are aimed at projecting blame (on Iran) and creating tension in the region," Sadeq al-Hosseini told FNA on Wednesday, and reiterated that the accusation that Iran intended to assassinate the Saudi envoy to the US is not logical since there is no interest for Tehran in such a measure.
He reminded that such allegations are raised at the time of the Hajj pilgrimage, when Muslims need tranquility and unity, and underlined that the US has raised the accusation to sow discord among Muslims.
"Iran has no problem with the Arab countries, hence there is no logical reason for it to assassinate the citizens and diplomats of the other regional states," Hosseini added.
Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ramin Mehman-Parast had also earlier rejected the US accusations that Tehran has plotted to assassinate the Saudi envoy to Washington as an unfounded scenario.
"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 on Tuesday.
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, federal officials told ABC News Tuesday.
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.
An Iranian representative in Washington, D.C., told ABC News the US government's story was "fake".
The stunning allegations come against a backdrop of longstanding tensions between Iran and the United States and Saudi Arabia. In the last year, Saudi Arabia has attempted to build an anti-Iran alliance to push back against Iran's growing influence in the region. Saudi Arabia has started experiencing a fierce Shiite uprising since late last week and has indirectly blamed Iran for unrests in the al-Qatif region in its eastern regions. The Saudi Shiite leaders and community have dismissed the Saudi officials' allegations, saying that they have been incited only by Riyadh's oppressions and discriminatory behaviors.
"The Americans' accusations against Iran are aimed at projecting blame (on Iran) and creating tension in the region," Sadeq al-Hosseini told FNA on Wednesday, and reiterated that the accusation that Iran intended to assassinate the Saudi envoy to the US is not logical since there is no interest for Tehran in such a measure.
He reminded that such allegations are raised at the time of the Hajj pilgrimage, when Muslims need tranquility and unity, and underlined that the US has raised the accusation to sow discord among Muslims.
"Iran has no problem with the Arab countries, hence there is no logical reason for it to assassinate the citizens and diplomats of the other regional states," Hosseini added.
Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ramin Mehman-Parast had also earlier rejected the US accusations that Tehran has plotted to assassinate the Saudi envoy to Washington as an unfounded scenario.
"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 on Tuesday.
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, federal officials told ABC News Tuesday.
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.
An Iranian representative in Washington, D.C., told ABC News the US government's story was "fake".
The stunning allegations come against a backdrop of longstanding tensions between Iran and the United States and Saudi Arabia. In the last year, Saudi Arabia has attempted to build an anti-Iran alliance to push back against Iran's growing influence in the region. Saudi Arabia has started experiencing a fierce Shiite uprising since late last week and has indirectly blamed Iran for unrests in the al-Qatif region in its eastern regions. The Saudi Shiite leaders and community have dismissed the Saudi officials' allegations, saying that they have been incited only by Riyadh's oppressions and discriminatory behaviors.
