'US fabricates intel to justify presence'

Press TV
Thursday, June 19, 2008

Iran's Foreign Ministry responds to US media propaganda, dismissing reports that suggest Tehran supports certain groups in Iraq.

"Their objective in inventing such scenarios is to play down the significance of the constructive role the Islamic Republic has played and the support it has provided for the Democratic process [in Iraq]," said Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Mohammad-Ali Hosseini. "We condemn such efforts."

According to the Iranian official, the 'baseless' notion that Tehran supports particular groups in the war-torn country was proposed by US intelligence services to damage the relations between the two Middle Eastern countries.

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Condemning the recent terrorist attacks in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad, Hosseini said, "Americans who so conspicuously support and direct terrorists, make such wild accusations only to strain the friendly relations between Iran and all factions in Iraq."

He then suggested that the reason the Iraqi government does not confirm such reports is that they are, in fact, untrue.

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