[Al Arabiya Latest] Iranian Intelligence Minister Gholam Hossein Mohseni " The Zionist regime had met with the hypocrite group (the term Iran uses for the PMOI) on the sidelines of (a meeting in) Sharm el-Sheikh in Egypt and in Paris to assassinate Mr. Ahmadinejad "Gholam Hossein Mohseni Ejeie -- Iranian Intelligence Minister |
The Fars news agency quoted Ejeie as saying that Israeli officials had met members of the exiled Iranian opposition group, People's Mujahedeen of Iran (PMOI), to execute the plan.
"The Zionist regime had met with the hypocrite group (the term Iran uses for the PMOI) on the sidelines of (a meeting in) Sharm el-Sheikh in Egypt and in Paris to assassinate Mr. Ahmadinejad," Ejeie said.
But the PMOI set some conditions for the job, he said. "The hypocrites set some conditions for this job and asked that the U.S. and others remove their name from the (terror) black list," Ejeie said, referring to the recent removal of the PMOI's name from the Europe's terrorist black list.
"The enemies even approached the rebels in east of the country to achieve this aim," he added, referring to Sunni rebels who are engaged in a rebellion against Iran's Shiite government.