Iran says plot to kill Saudi envoy involved opposition group
Mercury News/New York Times / Rick Gladstone
18-Oct-2011 (8 comments)

Iran injected a new twist Tuesday into the week-old U.S. accusation of an Iranian plot to assassinate the Saudi ambassador to Washington, asserting that one of the defendants really belongs to an outlawed and exiled opposition group.

The defendant, Gholam Shakuri, identified by the Justice Department as an operative of the elite Quds Force of Iran's Revolutionary Guards Corps, is actually a "key member" of the Muhajedeen-Khalq, Iran's Mehr news agency reported.

The agency did not explain the group's possible motive but left the implication that the plot was a bogus scheme meant to frame and ostracize Iran.

It said Shakuri, who is at large, had last been seen in Washington and in Camp Ashraf, the group's enclave in Iraq.

"The person in question has been traveling to different countries under the names of Ali Shakuri/Gholam Shakuri/Gholam-Hussein Shakuri by using fake passports including forged Iranian passports," Mehr said.

U.S. officials did not immediately comment on the Mehr report. Mark Toner, a State Department spokesman, reiterated the U.S. view in a daily media briefing in Washington that "this was a serious breach of international law and that Iran needs to be held accountable."

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Veiled Prophet of Khorasan

I know

by Veiled Prophet of Khorasan on Thu Oct 20, 2011 04:38 AM PDT

 

you are all ecstatic at the thought of USA ousting IRI. But I got news. There is virtually no chance Obama is going to do that. This is much more likely to results in an arms sale to Saudi and that is it. 

No I don't support IRI but just want to be realistic. No way US will get involved without a major domestic revolt. MEK is nothing and will not play any role. One way or other it will be up to the people in Iran. Don't sit around expecting USA to "free" Iran.

 


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AMIR1973

AO jaan :)))

by AMIR1973 on Thu Oct 20, 2011 03:48 AM PDT

That is hilarious! Ghorbanet.


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Anonymous Observer

AMIR1973 jaan - Good to see you- will you be attending the

by Anonymous Observer on Wed Oct 19, 2011 09:20 PM PDT

annual meeting?

//iranian.com/main/blog/anonymous-observer/notice-meeting

Please RSVP on the blog.  Thanks! 

 


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AMIR1973

Is there a single event that IRI does not blame on MEK?

by AMIR1973 on Wed Oct 19, 2011 09:17 PM PDT

MEK is the actual responsible party for the violence, killing, and terrorism that the IRI perpetrates. It's all part of the MEK-CIA-Mossad-MI6-Saudi International Conspiracy against the peaceful Khomeinist regime. Naturally enough, the U.S.-residing propagandists of the terrorist regime are grasping at any and all straws to exonerate and whitewash the IRI in an attempt to shield it from its due punishment.


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Mammad

There is a MEK Shakuri

by Mammad on Wed Oct 19, 2011 08:10 PM PDT

Whether he is the same as the alleged plotter remains to be seen.

Mammad


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G. Rahmanian

Wow!

by G. Rahmanian on Tue Oct 18, 2011 08:33 PM PDT

It gets more exciting by the day! This new twist must've originated on IC!


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IranFirst

Is Shahlai MEK too?

by IranFirst on Tue Oct 18, 2011 08:22 PM PDT

What about Qasem Sleimani, Hamed Abdollahi and Abdul Reza
Shahlai, all the other terrorists associated with this plot?are they all MEK/MKO too?

 So Shahlai (Arbabsiar's cousin), has met him in Iran, while  being MEK?

It seems MEK/MKO is taking over IRGC and IRI without firing a shot :-)


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yolanda

.....

by yolanda on Tue Oct 18, 2011 08:01 PM PDT

IRI is blaming MEK for terror plot!

Wow! quite creative!

I was wondering why IRI is so eager to provide consular assistance? So they can give the guy a "script" to follow.......


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