From the Liveblog of
Tuesday, July 7, 2015
Iran denies ties to Jordan terror suspect
Iran is rejecting reports by Jordanian state media that a terror suspect arrested in Jordan on suspicion that he planned attacks against the kingdom is linked to an Iranian group.
The spokesman for Iran’s powerful Revolutionary Guard, Gen. Ramazan Sharif, tells The Associated Press on Tuesday that the reports are “baseless.”
Jordan’s government-owned al-Rai newspaper reported Monday that security forces also seized 45 kilograms (100 pounds) of high-grade explosives in the case and that it was the biggest haul in Jordan a decade. Al-Rai and the state news agency Petra said the suspect has ties to an Iranian group called Beit al-Maqdis, but did not elaborate.
Sharif dismisses the allegations as part of “phobia and propaganda” against Iran, comparing it to “past claims” by other countries.
— AP
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