Iran rejects US plotting accusations

PressTV

TEHRAN, Oct 12: Iran has categorically rejected the US accusations that the Islamic Republic was involved in a plot to assassinate the Saudi ambassador to Washington, calling it a 'prefabricated scenario.' Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman, Ramin Mehmanparast, said on Tuesday that such 'ludicrous' claims hinged on the hostile joint stances adopted by the US and Israel against the country."These threadbare attitudes, which are based on the age-old and hostile American-Zionist policies, are a ridiculous show in line with certain [instances of] scenario fabrication of divisive ends on the part of the enemies of Islam and the region," Mehmanparast said. He also condemned all acts of terrorism, adding that Washington was employing the legerdemain to divert attention from the growing domestic protests it was facing. The Iranian official asserted, “Plotters of such manufactured scenarios seek to sow division and help the Zionist regime [of Israel] out of its current isolation.” He emphasized that the Islamic Republic of Iran was a establishment founded on Islamic ethics and values and that the country had always warned that the enemies of the region were plotting against it. The US Justice Department has accused Iran of involvement in a plot to assassinate the Saudi Arabian Ambassador to Washington, Adel Al-Jubeir, with help from a suspected member of a Mexican drug cartel. Reports point to the United States efforts to wage media warfare against Iran, while Tehran says Washington's ulterior motive is to deflect international attention from the runaway protests it is facing against corruption and the excessive influence of corporations on its policies. The US is also the main supporter of Saudi Arabia -- one of the most repressive and undemocratic regimes in the world.