Iran denies plot to kill Saudi ambassador

IRAN’S President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has dismissed US accusations that Iranian government agents plotted to kill the Saudi ambassador in the United States.

“Iran is a civilised nation and doesn’t need to resort to assassination,” Mr Ahmadinejad said. “Terror belongs to you.”

Two men, including a member of Iran’s special foreign actions unit known as the Quds Force, have been charged in New York federal court with conspiring to kill the Saudi diplomat, Adel Al-Jubeir. Iranian officials have consistently denied the allegations since they first emerged last week.