Iran denies that al-Qaeda's number two has been killed in its territory: 'Hollywood script' news

2020-11-14T13:41:38.213Z

A Tehran State Department spokesman said the New York Times report that Mossad agents had shot dead Abu Muhammad al-Masri was based on "inventions." He called on the media "not to fall into the trap of the Zionists and the Americans"

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Iran denies al-Qaeda No. 2 killed in its territory: "Hollywood script"

A Tehran State Department spokesman said the New York Times report that Mossad agents had shot dead Abu Muhammad al-Masri was based on "inventions."

He called on the media "not to fall into the trap of the Zionists and the Americans"

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Still appears on the FBI wanted list.

Abu Muhammad al-Masri

Washington has previously accused Iran of granting asylum to senior al-Qaeda operatives and a transit route, but Tehran has denied this.

Shiite Iran and Sunni al-Qaeda have been on both sides of the bar in several conflicts in the region, but they have a common enemy - the United States.

"Although America has not been ashamed to make false accusations against Iran in the past, this approach has become routine under the current administration," a Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman said.

He blamed the administration of outgoing President Donald Trump for an "Iranophobic" agenda as part of an "economic, intelligence and psychological" war he is waging against Iran.

"The media should not be used as a mouthpiece for publications of the White House's outright lies against Iran," he added.

According to a report in the New York Times, the assassination took place on August 7, the anniversary of the embassy attacks.

With the publication of the news of the shooting, Iranian official media announced that the dead were Habib Daoud, a history professor from Lebanon and his 27-year-old daughter Miriam.

Also, Lebanese media and accounts on social networks affiliated with the Islamic Revolutionary Guards in Iran reported that Daoud was a member of Hezbollah.

According to intelligence sources who spoke with the American newspaper, Habib Daoud was a nickname given by senior Iranian officials to Abdullah and his cover story was a history teacher.