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| Iran denies link to spy cell arrests in Saudi-controlled Arabia | ||
| 2013-03-25 | ||
| DUBAI - Iran’s foreign ministry said the country was not linked to a group of alleged spies arrested in Saudi Arabia, Iranian media reported on Sunday. Saudi Arabia said on Tuesday that it had detained an Iranian, a Lebanese, and 16 Saudis for spying. Political analysts and Press in Saudi Arabia have accused Iran of being behind the alleged espionage. GCC foreign ministers, meeting in Riyadh last month, issued a statement condemning Iranian “meddling” in their countries — an accusation Tehran rejects.
“Raising such baseless issues at the media level is merely for domestic consumption,” he said, according to Press TV. The Saudi government has previously blamed unrest in the Qatif district of oil-producing Eastern Province on an unnamed foreign power, which officials privately acknowledge means Iran. Sixteen people have been killed in Qatif in clashes with police in the past two years. Riyadh also accuses Tehran of having masterminded an alleged plot to assassinate its ambassador in Washington that was announced by US police in late 2011. Iran denies this.
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| Posted by:Steve White |