Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on October 15 said US accusations that two Iranians planned to assassinate the Saudi Arabian ambassador to Washington were “meaningless,” state TV reported. “A meaningless and nonsensical accusation has been raised against a few Iranians in America, which was made into an excuse to present the Islamic Republic as a supporter of terrorism,” Khamenei told a gathering in the western province of Kermanshah. “It didn’t work, it won’t work,” he said.
Khameni, who is on a 9-day tour of the province, said the west repeatedly made unfounded accusations against Iran. “They undertake such conspiracies on a regular basis … to no avail,” he said. “They say we want to isolate Iran, (but) it’s they who have isolated themselves.”
Iran’s English-language Press TV quoted Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast as saying the US allegations were “untrue and baseless.” “It is a comedy show fabricated by America,” he said. The relationship between Iran and Saudi Arabia was based on “mutual respect” and could not be harmed by “fabricating such baseless claims.”