Pompeo: Al-Qaeda has established a new center in Iran
Pompeo emphasized that the presence of "Abu Muhammad al-Masri" in Iran was not surprising.
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US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said that "Al Qaeda" has established a new center in Iran.
Pompeo confirmed in a press conference in Washington yesterday that the leader of Al-Qaeda, called "Abu Muhammad Al-Masry," accused of helping to plot the bombing of two American embassies in Africa, was killed in Iran on August 7, adding that his presence in Iran was not surprising.
The "New York Times" newspaper said last November that "Abu Muhammad al-Masri" had been shot dead by Israeli agents in Iran. Iran denied the report at the time, saying that "there are no (al-Qaeda) terrorists on its territory."
Reuters reported the day before yesterday that Pompeo intends to use recently declassified US intelligence information to publicly accuse Iran of establishing ties with Al Qaeda.
For his part, Iranian Foreign Minister Muhammad Javad Zarif denied what Pompeo said, and confirmed in a tweet on the social networking site "Twitter" that "Iran has no relations with (Al Qaeda)."
Yesterday, the US Treasury Department's website stated that the United States had imposed anti-terrorism sanctions on five people it had linked to Iran, describing each of them as a "specially designated global terrorist."
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