Iran summons Swiss diplomat over US assassination charge
October 12th, 2011 - 8:46 pm ICT by IANSTehran, Oct 12 (IANS) Iran’s foreign ministry summoned Swiss charge d’affaires Wednesday to protest Washington’s accusation over Iran’s alleged plot to assassinate the Saudi ambassador to the United States, the state IRIB TV website reported.
The Swiss embassy in Tehran represents the US interests in Iran since Tehran and Washington severed diplomatic relations in 1980.
The US authorities said Tuesday that two men — Manssor Arbabsayar, a 56-year-old US citizen holding both the Iranian and US passports, and Gholam Shakuri, an Iranian citizen — were charged with sponsoring and promoting terrorist activities abroad, including a plot to assassinate the Saudi ambassador to the US, Xinhua reported.
The chief of the Iranian foreign ministry’s North America office told the Swiss charge d’affaires that Iran condemns the “worthless claims of the US government and warns against such political propaganda”.
In the past three decades “the Islamic Republic has been the victim of terrorist acts of the terrorist groups which were supported by the United States,” the official was quoted by IRIB as saying.
The Swiss charge d’affaires said Iran’s protest will be transferred to the US government and their response will be returned to Iran.
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