Iran rejects Western accusations of overseas plots as 'baseless'
Tehran rejected U.S.-led accusations of targeting dissidents abroad, calling them a distraction from what it labeled "genocide in occupied Palestine."
- Middle East
- AFP
- Published Date: 09:14 | 01 August 2025
Iran on Friday rejected accusations by the US and more than a dozen of its allies that Tehran had attempted to kill or kidnap dissidents, journalists and officials in Western countries.
In a statement, Iranian foreign ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei described the claims as "baseless", calling them "an attempt to divert public attention from the most pressing issue of the day, the genocide in occupied Palestine".
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