“…But an adviser to the Saudi government said that Gholam Shakuri, named in the U.S. Justice Department‘s criminal complaint as the Iranian official supporting the plot, was already known to the Saudi government as one of the officers who directed Iranian support to Shiite Muslims in Bahrain when they rose up in February to demand political rights from the minority Sunni regime. ”
“The Saudi reluctance to name Iran as the ultimate source of the alleged plot came as officials in Washington attempted to use the purported conspiracy to rally support for tougher international sanctions”
