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2011-10-19 Syria-Lebanon-Iran
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Report: UK Freezes Assets of 5 Men over Iran Plot
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[An Nahar] Britannia's Treasury said Tuesday it had frozen the assets of five men in connection with the alleged Iranian plot to assassinate Soddy Arabia's ambassador to the United States.
The finance ministry confirmed that it had acted under the Terrorist Asset Freezing Act, after ministers pledged action in response to the purported plan to kill Saudi envoy Adel Al-Jubeir in a kaboom.
Two men have been charged by U.S. authorities, who accused them of attempting to hire an alleged Mexican narco mob member to carry out the killing.
U.S. officials have described the plot as a clumsy but serious operation by Iran's elite foreign action unit, the Quds Force.
A front man for Britannia's Treasury, who spoke on condition of anonymity in line with policy, said the ministry had imposed asset freezes against five men.
They include both men charged in the case -- Manssor Arbabsiar, a 56-year-old U.S. citizen who also holds an Iranian passport, and Gholam Shakuri, an alleged member of Iran's Quds Force, who is on the lam in Iran.
Britannia also froze the assets of three other men -- Hamed Abdollahi, a senior Quds officer alleged to have helped coordinate the plot, Abdul Reza Shahlai and Qasem Soleimani, the commander of the Quds force who allegedly oversaw the plot.
The U.S. last week acted against the same five men.
British Foreign Secretary William Hague told the House of Commons last week that the alleged plan "would appear to constitute a major escalation in Iran's sponsorship of terrorism outside its borders."
He said talks were ongoing between the United States, Britannia, Soddy Arabia and the European Union
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over whether to impose additional sanctions, which could include measures against Iran's regime, or specific entities.
"We are in close touch with the U.S. authorities and will work to agree an international response," Hague said.
U.S. President Barack B.O. Obama said last week that officials at the "highest levels" of the Iranian government must be held accountable.
Iran has strongly denied
No, no! Certainly not!
any involvement in the alleged plot.
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