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Iran Terror Plot

On 11 October 2011, United States officials alleged there was a plot tied to the Iranian government to assassinate Saudi ambassador Adel al-Jubeir in the United States.

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Iran Denies Involvement in Plot to Kill Saudi Arabian Ambassador

Iran on Tuesday rejected U.

S. claims that Iran was involved in a plot to assassinate the Saudi Arabian ambassador to Washington.Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast called the claims a "prefabricated scenario" and a "ridiculous show.""These old-fashioned behaviors are based on the long-standing hostile American-Zionist policies and are ridiculous show in line with scenarios to provoke division," the semiofficial Fars news agency quoted Mehmanparast as saying Tuesday.The spokesman was reacting to charges by the U.S. Justice Department accusing agents of the Iranian government of involvement in a plot to assassinate the Saudi ambassador to the United States , with help from a suspected member of a Mexican drug cartel."Designers of such prefabricated scenarios seek to create divisions and help the Zionist regime get of isolation," Mehmanparast was quoted as saying.Earlier, IRNA, the official Iranian news agency, called the accusations by the U.S. Justice Department as "America's ...

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    The U.S. government is implicating officials high up in Iran's special operations Quds Force over the alleged plot to assassinate the Saudi ambassador to Washington ...

  2. Iran Hints at Cooperation With Plot Inquiry

    TEHRAN, Iran -- Iran's foreign minister on Monday offered to look into charges that agents of his government were involved in a plot to assassinate the Saudi ambassa...

  3. Not Guilty Plea in Suspected Iranian Terror Plot

    Naturalized U.S. citizen charged with planning to assassinate Saudi ambassador in D.C.

  4. US officials in Azerbaijan reportedly targeted for assassination in Iran -linked plot

    American employees at the U.S. Embassy in Azerbaijan reportedly were targeted for assassination in an Iran-linked plot that involved a car bomb and snipers. The thre...

  5. US officials use thwarted murder plot to try to further sanction, isolate Iran among allies

    The Obama administration accused Iranian government agents Tuesday of plotting to assassinate the Saudi ambassador in the United States and immediately used the thwa...

  6. New Round of Sanctions on Iran

    Stopping Iran's nuclear program

  7. Iran Commander Behind Killing of U.S. Troops Reportedly Linked to Washington Bomb Plot

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  8. Iran Terror Plot : How Does the U.S. Respond?

    Former U.S. Ambassador John Bolton reacts

  9. U.S. Ties Iran to Assassination Plot Against Saudi Diplomat on U.S. Soil

    Authorities foiled a plot that was directed by factions of the Iranian government to assassinate the Saudi ambassador to the United States , Attorney General Eric Ho...

  10. Sen. McCain Says U.S. May Consider Military Action in Syria

    U.S. Senator John McCain said Sunday that military action to protect civilians in Syria might be considered now that NATO's air campaign in Libya is ending.However, ...

  11. Feinstein Warns of Other Iran -Backed Plots in Wake of Alleged Assassination Scheme

    A top senator warned that the United States should be on "alert" about other Iran-driven terror plots in the wake of the alleged scheme to assassinate the Saudi amba...

  12. U.S. Makes 'Direct Contact' With Iran Over Terror Plot, Obama Says Tehran Will Pay 'Price'

    The United States has made "direct contact" with Iran to discuss the alleged Tehran-backed plot to assassinate the Saudi ambassador to Washington, the State Departme...

  1. Iran Seeks U.S. Apology Over Saudi Ambassador Murder Plot Claims

    TEHRAN -- The Iranian government wrote a letter to Washington seeking an apology for allegations that Iran backed a plot to assassinate Saudi Arabia's ambassador to ...

  2. Man Charged With Plotting to Kill Saudi Ambassador Pleads Not Guilty

    A man charged in a plot to assassinate the Saudi ambassador to the United States has pleaded not guilty in a New York City courtroom.Manssor Arbabsiar, who did not s...

  3. Four Reasons Why the Iran Terror Plot Makes Perfect Sense

    Some White House officials and analysts are having trouble accepting the storyline behind the alleged plot by Iran to assassinate the Saudi ambassador to the United ...

  4. NY judge sets October trial for man accused of plotting to kill Saudi ambassador to the US

    A judge on Tuesday scheduled an October trial for a man charged with plotting to assassinate the Saudi ambassador to the United States, saying it would be unfair to ...

  5. Alleged Plot to Kill Saudi Ambassador Fuels U.S. Push to 'Isolate' Iran

    The alleged Iranian government-backed plot to assassinate the Saudi ambassador to the United States is quickly exacerbating already flaring tensions between Washingt...

  6. U.S. Stops Plot to Kill Saudi Ambassador

    Is Iranian government to blame?

  7. Iran Seeks to Refute U.S. Claim It Planned to Kill Saudi Ambassador

    A rare visit by Iran's intelligence chief to Saudi Arabia sought to refute U.S. claims that Tehran planned to kill the kingdom's ambassador to Washington, a senior I...

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