Ahmadinejad denies Iran plot against Saudi envoy

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Ahmadinejad said that Iranian agents were not involved in plot to assassinate the Saudi ambassador.

18 October,2011 03:46 am

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has denied allegations that Iranian government agents were involved in a plot to assassinate Saudi Arabia ambassador to Washington.Ahmadinejad says the United States is accusing Iran of involvement in a terror plot to divert attention from its economic problems and to strengthen sanctions against Tehran.Ahmadinejad made the comments in an interview with Al-Jazeera satellite TV channel on Monday.Two men, including a member of the Iranian special foreign actions unit known as the Quds Force, have been charged in New York federal court with conspiring to kill the Saudi diplomat, Adel al-Jubeir.The alleged plot raised tensions between Mideasts Sunni power, Saudi Arabia and Iran, the Shiite powerhouse.