'US anti-Iran allegations fabricated'

Fri Oct 14, 2011 12:21PM GMT

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An American scholar says that the latest allegations of Iran's involvement in a plot to assassinate the Saudi ambassador to Washington are "transparently fabricated."

"It is a transparently fabricated event. Not only does Iran have no motive whatsoever but if Iran were to perpetrate such an act it would do so in a stealthy manner. It wouldn't rely on someone like a drug killer whose confidence could not be assured” James H. Fetzer, a philosopher and professor at the University of Minnesota told Press TV on Thursday.

Fetzer noted that the US allegations are intended to “distract attention from the [US] public uprisings, cover up blunders in relation with supplying large quantities of weapon to [Mexican] drug lords, and exacerbate tension in the Middle East."

He argued that the recent anti-Iran plot has been developed by Israel supporters and neo-conservatives in the United States.

On Tuesday, the US Justice Department accused Iran of involvement in a plot to assassinate Saudi Arabian Ambassador to Washington, Adel Al-Jubeir, with help from a suspected member of a Mexican drug cartel.

Iran's Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast rejected the accusation, saying such 'ludicrous' claims hinged on the hostile joint stances adopted by the US and Israel against the country.

Iran's envoy to the UN, Mohammad Khazaei, has also filed a complaint against the United States, and described the anti-Iranian allegations as an “insult to the intelligence” of the people of the world.

“We are used to the baseless allegations made by some US officials over the past three decades, but the big lie they have told today is so unfounded that it sounds like the work of Hollywood's scenario writers,” Khazaei said in an interview with CNN on Wednesday.

“It is a major insult to the intelligence of ordinary people in the US and the world,” he added.

The latest accusations come as the United States and its staunch ally, Israel, have devised numerous anti-Iran plots over the past years, including the targeted assassination of Iranian scientists.

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