Iran's Khamenei warns US over assassination claims

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Source: AP-Excite

By ALI AKBAR DAREINI

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iran's supreme leader warned the United States on Sunday that any measures taken against Tehran over an alleged plot to assassinate the Saudi ambassador to Washington would elicit a "resolute" response.

Two men, including a member of the Iranian special foreign actions unit known as the Quds Force, have been charged in New York federal court with conspiring to kill the Saudi diplomat, Adel Al-Jubeir. U.S. officials have said no one was ever in any immediate danger from the plot.

"If U.S. officials have some delusions, (they must) know that any unsuitable act, whether political or security, will meet a resolute response from the Iranian nation," state TV quoted Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as saying.

Khamenei's comments may reflect Iranian concerns that Washington would use the Al-Jubeir case to ratchet up sanctions and recruit international allies to try to further isolate Tehran.

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In this 2004 file photo provided by the Williamson County Jail shows Manssor Arbabsiar. Arbabsiar, a U.S. citizen who used to live in Corpus Christi, and a member of Iran's special foreign actions unit known as the Quds Force were charged in New York federal court Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2011, with conspiring to kill Adel Al-Jubeir, the Saudi ambassador to the U.S. Iran's Foreign Ministry says U.S. claims that Tehran was involved in a plot to assassinate the Saudi ambassador in Washington have no "legal logic." The ministry, in a statement on the state news agency Saturday, says the Iranian government has no connection to Manssor Arbabsiar, the man arrested in the alleged plot. (AP Photo/Williamson County Jail via Corpus Christi Caller-Times, File) MANDATORY CREDIT

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1. The Ayatollah is a Ass-a-hola! n/t

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2. kr for the "delusional" and terrorist US --- !!

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3. Arbabsiar has an arrest record from '04. did the feds turn this guy?