Iran dismisses ‘fabricated’ reports on assassinating critics abroad
Iran’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations in New York has dismissed reports accusing the Islamic Republic of planning to assassinate critics abroad, saying that the “fabricated” allegations have been spread by Israel and the anti-Iran Mujahedin-e Khalq (MKO) terrorist organization.
“The Islamic Republic of Iran harbors neither the intent nor the plan to engage in assassination or abduction operations, whether in the West or any other country,” the mission said on Thursday.
It added, “These fabrications are concoctions of the Zionist regime, the Albania-based Mujahedin-e Khalq terrorist cult, and certain Western intelligence services -- including those of the United States -- to divert attention from the atrocities committed by the Israeli regime.”