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Wed, 10/12/2011 - 13:43
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Deputy FM: Crisis-Hit US Envious of Iran's Stability, Tranquility
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Hassan Qashqavi strongly rejected the US accusations that Iran has plotted to assassinate the Saudi envoy to Washington, and said the White House which is faced with massive popular protests is envious of Iran's stability and tranquility.
"The Islamic Republic of Iran is now completely calm and stable and this has upset and angered the US and Zionist officials and they want to spoil this tranquility and stability," Qashqavi said on Wednesday.
He described the allegations as ambiguous news which seek to divert the world public opinion, specially the American people, from the current crisis in the US, and said it is a worn-out move in line with the inimical policies of the US and Israel.
Qashqavi referred to the great wave of the Islamic awakening spreading to the different regional countries and the massive rallies of the American people, and said, "The western media and the officials of the arrogant countries, specially the US and the Zionist regime, make these hues and cries in a bid to divert the public opinion from the current crisis in the US and the demise of the Zionist regime in the region…."
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 Islamic Republic of Iran is now completely calm and stable and this has upset and angered the US and Zionist officials and they want to spoil this tranquility and stability," Qashqavi said on Wednesday.
He described the allegations as ambiguous news which seek to divert the world public opinion, specially the American people, from the current crisis in the US, and said it is a worn-out move in line with the inimical policies of the US and Israel.
Qashqavi referred to the great wave of the Islamic awakening spreading to the different regional countries and the massive rallies of the American people, and said, "The western media and the officials of the arrogant countries, specially the US and the Zionist regime, make these hues and cries in a bid to divert the public opinion from the current crisis in the US and the demise of the Zionist regime in the region…."
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.
