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Iran warns of Saudi 'Wahhabi Terrorism'
Iran's top general says the involvement of the Saudi kingdom in massacring Shias in Yemen is the beginning of “State Wahhabi Terrorism.”
Major General Hassan Firouzabadi said in a statement Tuesday that statesmen in Yemen and Saudi Arabia must realize that the continuation of “Wahhabi Terrorism” would have consequences for the entire region.
Wahhabism is an extremely intolerant interpretation of Islam practiced in Saudi Arabia. The sect gained momentum after the discovery of oil in the kingdom in 1938, helping it spread throughout the Middle East.
The fighting in Yemen started in August when government forces launched attacks on areas inhabited by Shia civilians and Houthi fighters.
In early stages of the conflict, the fighters accused Riyadh of helping Sana'a with military support as well as allocating areas inside Saudi territory to Yemeni forces to launch attacks on the Houthis.
Saudi Arabia initially denied any involvement in the fighting. However, two weeks ago, the Saudi military launched an offensive against the Shia fighters.
Maj. Gen. Firouzabadi said the ongoing war is the result of efforts in Britain and the United States to cause rifts among Muslims around the globe.
He warned that the Sana'a fighting is the prelude for further regional conflicts to come.
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Riyadh rejects abducting Iranian
December 9, 2009
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Saudi Arabia has "deplored" Iran's charges against Riyadh over the abduction of an Iranian researcher who went missing in the holy city of Medina while on a pilgrimage visit.
I was "stunned by the declarations and allegations" from Tehran, Saudi Foreign Ministry spokesman Osama Nugali told Saudi newspaper Asharq Alawsat on Wednesday.
Amiri, a researcher at the University of Malek Ashtar, went missing in Saudi Arabia while on a pilgrimage visit earlier this year. He is among several Iranian nationals who Tehran says have been illegally detained by the US authorities.
Nugali further denied that Amiri had been kidnapped on a pilgrimage to Mecca and sent off to the United States.
According to the spokesman, his disappearance sparked an extensive investigation by the Saudi government.
"After having been informed of his disappearance by the Iranian delegation (in Mecca), Saudi authorities undertook an intensive search in Medina as well as in all the hospitals in the region of Mecca," he told the newspaper.
Nugali's remarks come one day after Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said Washington and Riyadh were responsible for the abduction of the Iranian researcher.
“Based on evidence that we have at our disposal, the Americans had a role in abducting Amiri,” Mottaki said in a joint press conference with UAE Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdallah bin Zayid al-Nahyan on Tuesday.
“Therefore, we expect the US government to return him,” the Iranian official added. “Saudi Arabia is also responsible regarding this issue.”
The US revealed earlier in December that Amir-Hossein Ardebili, an Iranian national who went missing in Georgia two years ago, was being held in a prison in Philadelphia.
The Georgian government handed him over to the US authorities in 2008.
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Jundallah leader asks Saudi king for more support
November 18, 2009
PressTV.ir
The leader of the Pakistan-based terrorist group, Jundallah, has asked the Saudi king to lend more support to his group.
Abdul-Malek Rigi, in a letter to King Abdullah, the text of which was published by the Kuwaiti daily al-Watan, urged Riyadh to pay more attention to the group.
Jundallah has claimed responsibility for a number of terror attacks in Iran.
Last month, the group carried out a bombing in Iran's south-eastern province of Sistan-Balouchestan that left 42 people killed, including several high-ranking Iranian commanders.
A number of Sunni tribesmen were also killed in the attack.
Saudi-based media outlets, including Al-Arabiyah, have repeatedly broadcast interviews with the group's members in recent weeks.
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In loving memory of Iranian Diplomat Mr. Khalil Naimi
Murdered in Iraq while serving his country with pride
| Abducted Iranian at Iran's office in US July 13, 2010 presstv.ir | |
Iranian academic Shahram Amiri, who was abducted by the US last year, has been escorted by American forces to Iran's interest section in Washington. |
| Iran slams ex-envoy extradition to US April 15, 2008 presstv.ir | |
In a statement Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman, Mohammad-Ali Hosseini called a recent appeal court ruling against the former Iranian Ambassador to Jordan, Nosratollah Tajik 'politically motivated, baseless and unjust.' With the help of US agents from the Department of Homeland Security, Tajik was arrested November 2006 and accused of being the UK link in an £1.5m illegal arms network spanning the US, the Netherlands, and Turkey. In April 2007, a British judge ruled that Tajik should be sent to the US to face charges, which was later upheld by an appeal court. The Iranian's lawyers claimed the officers acted illegally and the US was pursuing him because of his religion, nationality, and politics. “In protest to the violation of court independence in the UK, Tajik has chosen not to plead before the House of Lords,” Hosseini said, adding that due to Tajik's health problems the UK would be responsible for any undesired consequences of his extradition to the US. Tajik is suffering from heart disease and angina and has undergone recent treatment. Hosseini called on the British government not to undermine its reputation by giving in to Washington's illegal demands. MT/DT |
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| Shahrokh Saadat-Nejad, United States April 15, 2008 presstv.ir | |
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Iran should publicly consider the ban of supplying Iranian oil to the British and the United States even if it is through a third party, private company or not. Abandoned by your own government, is the message that the UK and the US is sending to all Iranians with this illegal act. Brother Nosratollah Tajik will not be forgotten, whom is being held hostage. |
| Iran diplomats to come home soon March 7, 2009 presstv.ir | |
Iranian government spokesman Gholam Hossein Elham said major efforts have been made to secure the release of the Iranian diplomats, adding, "the matter would soon be a closed cased". "Soon we will witness the return of the kidnapped diplomats to the country," Elham said on Saturday. The Iranian diplomats were abducted after American troops raided Iran's Consulate in Erbil on January 11, 2007. Two of the five were later released but three others are still being held by US forces without having stood trial. Earlier this week Iraq's Deputy Foreign Minister, Labeed Abbawi said Iraq was working to prepare the grounds for the speedy return of the diplomats to Iran. "I have been informed that US forces will hand over two of the three Iranian diplomats to Iraqi authorities within the next few days," the Iraqi official told Fars News Agency on Sunday. |
| Iran diplomats suffer US torture: Witness Sun, 09 Nov 2008 15:44:03 A spokesman for the Iraqi Shia cleric Moqtada al-Sadr says he has witnessed the torture and abuse of Iranian diplomats by US forces. |
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| Iran to US: Release kidnapped diplomats Mon, 27 Oct 2008 11:10:40 Iran has deplored the violation of the rights of three kidnapped Iranian diplomats by US forces in Iraq, calling for their release. |
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| US Iraq troops mistreat Iranian pilgrims Sun, 09 Nov 2008 10:44:28 Iraq's Envoy to Tehran Mohammad Majid al-sheikh blames US forces near borders with Iran for some problems facing Iranian pilgrims in Iraq. |
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| 'US torture kills Iranian in Iraqi jail' April 22, 2008 presstv.ir | |
Mohammad-Reza Malek-Pour, a 25-year-old resident of the southern Iranian city of Khorramshahr, was arrested in the Iraqi city of Karbala after illegally entering the country in 2006 to visit holy Shia sites. His brother Mahmoud Malek-Pour says while the body was being washed in the morgue, signs of torture were seen on Mohammad-Reza's head. Some Iraqi officials have conceded that Mohammad-Reza's death coincided with the recent unrest in Basra and that he was killed because of being tortured by US troops. Reports say Mohammad-Reza died in a jail near Basra's Customs Office. Iraqi forensic experts reportedly carried out a post-mortem on his body without informing Iranian officials. Sources in Basra maintain that some 150 Iranian citizens, who are held in detention in Iraq, suffer poor health conditions and are being interrogated by the American army. The family was speculating that Malek-Pour would be released after one and a half years in detention; Iraqi officials instead delivered them his corpse. "We expected that Mohammad-Reza would be released. [Iraqi President] Jalal Talabani and Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki had ordered Mohammad-Reza and some other detainees to be freed but they unexpectedly delivered Mohammad-Reza's body," his brother told reporters. MD/RE/AA |
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| '11 Iranians fight death in Iraq jails' AprIL 26, 2008 presstv.ir | |
According to a report by the web site Tabnak, Iranian nationals were arrested by Iraqi forces after illegally entering the country to visit holy Shia sites. They have been tortured by American interrogators and US Army officers in Basra province following the recent unrest, the report claims. "American and Iraqi jailers treat them as if they are animals and cruelly ignore them while they are critically ill," the report reads. According to other reports, Iranian national Mohammad-Reza Malek-Pour died due to head trauma after being tortured by US troops when in the custody of Iraqi forces in the city of Basra. This is while Iraqi President Jalal Talabani and Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki had reportedly ordered him along with some other detainees to be freed. His body was delivered instead. Sources in Basra maintain that some 150 Iranian citizens, who are held in detention in Iraq, suffer poor health conditions and are being interrogated by the American army. US and British officials in Basra have been exerting pressure on Iraqi authorities to consider Iranian pilgrims who illegally enter Iraq as terrorists. A notorious prison center where the Iranian nationals are held is located near Basra's Customs Office. MD/AA |
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| Iranian diplomats alive, in Israeli jails July 3, 2008 presstv.ir | |
"We believe that the Iranian diplomats are still alive and kept in Israeli jails. The information provided by many informed sources in the absence of official information indicates that they are still alive", the embassy said in a statement published on Wednesday. The issue of the four diplomats are one of the main issues are being pursued by Iran in international organizations and diplomatic contacts and Iran will continue its efforts until it secures their release, the statement added. Ahmad Motevaselian, Seyed Mohsen Mousavi, Taghi Rastegar Moghadam and Kazem Akhavan were kidnapped in northern Lebanon at gunpoint. SB/RE |
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Iran warns of Saudi 'Wahhabi Terrorism'
November 17, 2009
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Major General Hassan Firouzabadi says the continuation of "Wahhabism Terrorism" will have consequences for the entire region. |
Iran's top general says the involvement of the Saudi kingdom in massacring Shias in Yemen is the beginning of “State Wahhabi Terrorism.”
Major General Hassan Firouzabadi said in a statement Tuesday that statesmen in Yemen and Saudi Arabia must realize that the continuation of “Wahhabi Terrorism” would have consequences for the entire region.
Wahhabism is an extremely intolerant interpretation of Islam practiced in Saudi Arabia. The sect gained momentum after the discovery of oil in the kingdom in 1938, helping it spread throughout the Middle East.
The fighting in Yemen started in August when government forces launched attacks on areas inhabited by Shia civilians and Houthi fighters.
In early stages of the conflict, the fighters accused Riyadh of helping Sana'a with military support as well as allocating areas inside Saudi territory to Yemeni forces to launch attacks on the Houthis.
Saudi Arabia initially denied any involvement in the fighting. However, two weeks ago, the Saudi military launched an offensive against the Shia fighters.
Maj. Gen. Firouzabadi said the ongoing war is the result of efforts in Britain and the United States to cause rifts among Muslims around the globe.
He warned that the Sana'a fighting is the prelude for further regional conflicts to come.
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Riyadh rejects abducting Iranian
December 9, 2009
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Amiri went missing in Saudi Arabia while on a pilgrimage visit earlier this year. |
Saudi Arabia has "deplored" Iran's charges against Riyadh over the abduction of an Iranian researcher who went missing in the holy city of Medina while on a pilgrimage visit.
I was "stunned by the declarations and allegations" from Tehran, Saudi Foreign Ministry spokesman Osama Nugali told Saudi newspaper Asharq Alawsat on Wednesday.
Amiri, a researcher at the University of Malek Ashtar, went missing in Saudi Arabia while on a pilgrimage visit earlier this year. He is among several Iranian nationals who Tehran says have been illegally detained by the US authorities.
Nugali further denied that Amiri had been kidnapped on a pilgrimage to Mecca and sent off to the United States.
According to the spokesman, his disappearance sparked an extensive investigation by the Saudi government.
"After having been informed of his disappearance by the Iranian delegation (in Mecca), Saudi authorities undertook an intensive search in Medina as well as in all the hospitals in the region of Mecca," he told the newspaper.
Nugali's remarks come one day after Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said Washington and Riyadh were responsible for the abduction of the Iranian researcher.
“Based on evidence that we have at our disposal, the Americans had a role in abducting Amiri,” Mottaki said in a joint press conference with UAE Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdallah bin Zayid al-Nahyan on Tuesday.
“Therefore, we expect the US government to return him,” the Iranian official added. “Saudi Arabia is also responsible regarding this issue.”
The US revealed earlier in December that Amir-Hossein Ardebili, an Iranian national who went missing in Georgia two years ago, was being held in a prison in Philadelphia.
The Georgian government handed him over to the US authorities in 2008.
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Jundallah leader asks Saudi king for more support
November 18, 2009
PressTV.ir
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CIA, Mossad, MI-6 Backed, Funded, Trained Terrorist Leader Mr. Abdulmalek Rigi |
The leader of the Pakistan-based terrorist group, Jundallah, has asked the Saudi king to lend more support to his group.
Abdul-Malek Rigi, in a letter to King Abdullah, the text of which was published by the Kuwaiti daily al-Watan, urged Riyadh to pay more attention to the group.
Jundallah has claimed responsibility for a number of terror attacks in Iran.
Last month, the group carried out a bombing in Iran's south-eastern province of Sistan-Balouchestan that left 42 people killed, including several high-ranking Iranian commanders.
A number of Sunni tribesmen were also killed in the attack.
Saudi-based media outlets, including Al-Arabiyah, have repeatedly broadcast interviews with the group's members in recent weeks.
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In loving memory of Iranian Diplomat Mr. Khalil Naimi
Murdered in Iraq while serving his country with pride