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2011年10月14日星期五

Iran denies alleged assassination plot

Iran denies alleged assassination plot

Iranian officials on Wednesday strongly rejected the U.S. accusations that the Islamic Republic had plotted to assassinate the Saudi ambassador to Washington.

Iranian Foreign Minister Ali-Akbar Salehi said that the new anti-Iran scenario initiated by the United States is "clumsy," the official IRNA news agency reported.

Washington will be compelled to apologize to Tehran for its " unfounded allegation" against Iran,,Stretch tricot knitted fabric, the minister said, adding that "Our friends in the Persian Gulf region are familiar with these devilish conspiracies."

"We enjoy good ties with Saudi Arabia," Salehi said at the sidelines of Wednesday' cabinet meeting, noting that the best way to respond to Washington is disregarding and ignoring such allegations.

On Tuesday, the U.S. authorities said that two men, Manssor Arbabsayar, a 56-year-old U.S. citizen holding both the Iranian and U.S. passports,,Starcraft 2 league, and Gholam Shakuri, an Iranian citizen, were charged with sponsoring and promoting terrorist activities abroad, including a plot to assassinate the Saudi ambassador to the United States.

Meanwhile, Speaker of Iran's Majlis ( parliament) Ali Larijani said Wednesday that the U.S.,Ronaldo soccer jersey , accusations are "immature," the state IRIB TV website reported.

The United States has "acted immaturely in its latest childish game against Iran," Larijani was quoted as saying.

Commenting on U.S. authorities' claims, Larijani said at the Majlis open session that "The United States is to hide its internal problems by putting forward baseless claims through massive media coverage against Iran."

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