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| Iran denies reports of attack on President Ahmadinejad |
| 2010-08-04 |
| Iranian officials have denied that President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was targeted in an assassination attempt. A conservative Iranian website had said an explosive device was thrown at his convoy in the western city of Hamedan, where he was to deliver a speech. But state-run Press TV said "no such attack had happened", and officials said the confusion was caused by an exploding firework. Mr Ahmadinejad went ahead with his speech at a football stadium. "It was a firecracker, and a statement will be released soon," an official in the president's media office told the Agence France-Presse news agency. Something bigger than an M-80, I'm guessing ... Iranian Al-Alam TV reported that the firecracker was set off to cheer the president. Earlier, a source in his office told the Reuters news agency that Mr Ahmadinejad's convoy was targeted as he was travelling from the airport. Dubai-based Al Arabiya television said the attacker threw an explosive device at a car carrying journalists. The attacker was detained, it said. Other Arab TV reports had said a number of people were wounded in the attack. |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #1 Iranian Al-Alam TV reported that the firecracker was set off to cheer the president I hope his countrymen continue to try to cheer him in similar, but perhaps more massive style. |
| Posted by: DMFD 2010-08-04 20:09 |