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Iran's Ahmadinejad rejects US plot accusations

They are not going to achieve anything by accusing Iran, says Ahmadinejad.

Reuters October 18, 2011

TEHRAN: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said, on Monday, that an alleged plot to kill the Saudi ambassador to the United States was fabricated by Washington to cause a rift between Tehran and Saudi Arabia, and to divert attention from US economic problems.

"By accusing Iran they are not going to achieve anything," Ahmadinejad said in a live interview on Al Jazeera television.

When asked whether he thought Iran and the United States were on an inevitable "collision course" towards military conflict, he replied: "I don't think so.

"I think that there are some people in the US administration who want this to happen but I think there are wise people in the US administration who know they shouldn't do such a thing."

COMMENTS (7)

ali raza | 13 years ago | Reply

the muslim true leader....

Cautious | 13 years ago | Reply Ahmadinejad has lost control of the fanatics. Iran is going to be held accountable for it's fanatics and all the anti American ranting isn't going to change the fact that it is highly likely that the Iranian/American who was caught is going to plead guilty and rat out his Iranian cohorts.

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Natasha Suleman | 13 years ago | Reply

Quite possible. America does have a record of manufacturing stuff to prepare grounds for aggression. Besides, what would Iran gain from the plot except further isolation?

Bangladeshi | 13 years ago | Reply

Pres.Mahmoud Ahmadinejad sir the US don't have any wise people in their administration. All they have are brainwashed warmongers. Iran must build up its defences against these arrogant warmongers.

Paras Vikmani | 13 years ago | Reply

The US goofed up this time, no doubt.

j. von hettlingen | 13 years ago | Reply

Here again we have a power struggle in the style of "Kain and Abel" going on in Iran. Ahmadinejad, the wannabe Abel spoke a more conciliatory tone and Al Khamenei, who envying Ahmadinejad's popularity and keeping an iron grip on the Revolutionary Guard, played the defiant Kain. Foreign minister Ali Akbar Salehi, living up to his vocation as the country's top diplomat, assured the world, that they would look into the affair.

j. von hettlingen | 13 years ago | Reply Momentarily we have a power struggle in the style of "Kain and Abel" going on in Iran. Ahmadinejad, the Abel displayed a more conciliatory tone and Al Khamenei as the defiant Kain, who envies Ahmadinejad's popularity and keeps an iron grip on the Revolutionary Guard. Foreign minister Ali Akbar Salehi lived up to his vocation as the country's top diplomat., who assured the world, that they are going to investigate the affair.

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