AFP: The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) condemned on Wednesday the alleged Iranian plot to kill the Saudi envoy to Washington, saying it harms Gulf-Iranian relations, Saudi state news agency SPA said.
Saudi envoy ‘plot’ harms relations with Iran: GCC
Tehran’s foes, unfairly maligned
New York Times: AS the United States tries to halt Iran’s nuclear program and prepares to withdraw troops from Iraq, American voters should ask why the Obama administration has bent to the will of Tehran’s mullahs and their Iraqi allies on a key issue: the fate of 3,400 unarmed members of the exiled Iranian opposition group, Mujahedeen Khalq, who are living in Camp Ashraf, north of Baghdad.
U.S. officials: Iran’s supreme leader likely knew of plot
Reuters: Iran’s supreme leader and the shadowy Quds Force covert operations unit were likely aware of an alleged plot to kill Saudi Arabia’s ambassador to the United States, but hard evidence of that is scant, U.S. officials said on Wednesday.
Iran failed with space monkey launch: report
AFP: Iran acknowledged as a failure Wednesday its attempt to send a live monkey into space last month — touted as its first step towards launching a man into space.
Perry says Iran plot requires border security
AP: Texas Gov. Rick Perry said Wednesday an Iranian-backed terror plot coordinated in Mexico proves the U.S. must secure its southern border, an attempt to shore up his standing among Republicans on immigration.
Iran to be ‘held accountable’ for murder plot: Biden
AFP: Iran will be “held accountable” for its foiled plot to kill Saudi Arabia’s US ambassador, and faces international condemnation for the thwarted assassination, US Vice President Joe Biden declared Wednesday.
EU warns of ‘serious’ global implications in Iran plot in US
AFP: The European Union voiced “grave concern” Wednesday after the United States said it had foiled an Iranian plot to kill the Saudi ambassador, warning it could have serious international implications.
Wall St demos will lead to West’s fall: Iran leader
AFP: The protests on Wall Street and elsewhere in the United States will grow to “mark the downfall of the West,” Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said Wednesday.
US sanctions five over Saudi ambassador plot
AFP: The US Treasury Department on Tuesday announced measures against five individuals allegedly connected to a plot to assassinate the Saudi ambassador to the United States.
Clinton calls Iran plot ‘dangerous escalation’
AFP: US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Wednesday denounced an alleged Iranian plot to assassinate the Saudi ambassador on American soil as a “dangerous escalation” by Tehran.
