Tehran, Oct 16 (ANI): Iran's supreme leader has denounced United States' allegations that Iran had plotted to assassinate the Saudi ambassador to Washington, suggesting they were a pretext for further building an international consensus against his country, state media reported.
"They attempted to find an excuse by raising a meaningless and useless accusation against some Iranian nationals in America," The Washington Post quoted Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, as saying.
Iran has vehemently denied involvement in a plot, detailed Tuesday by U.S. authorities, in which a Texas used-car salesman allegedly directed by members of Iran's Quds Force tried to recruit a Mexican hit man to kill Saudi Ambassador Adel al-Jubeir.
The United States has since called on its allies to help increase Iran's diplomatic and economic isolation, saying that Tehran's role in the alleged plot is substantiated by evidence and warrants a strong response.
However, Khamenei said that a Western "propaganda war" is being waged against Iran, insisting that the US is seeking to portray the Islamic republic as a sponsor of terrorism.
But "it didn't work, it won't work," he said, adding that the "conspiracy" had failed and would remain "ineffective, like their other measures."
"They say, 'We want to isolate Iran.' It's they who have isolated themselves," he added.
Several Iranian analysts, many of them critical of the government, have warned that even if the accusations are baseless, they are important and dangerous.
"Even if this is a fabrication, we should not ignore the consequences. The Iraq war also started with lies. When the lies were discovered, it was already too late," Abbas Abdi, an analyst, wrote in the Sharq newspaper. (ANI)
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