By AFP TEHRAN Iran's foreign ministry on Saturday rejected a guilty plea by an Iranian-American man that he conspired with Iranian officials to kill the Saudi ambassador in Washington. Manssor Arbabsiar pleaded guilty on Wednesday at the New York federal court to attempting to hire a Mexican drug gang for $1.5 million to blow up the Saudi envoy ...

By AFP NEW YORK Iranian-American citizen Manssor Arbabsiar pleaded guilty on Wednesday to plotting with the Iranian military to kill the Saudi ambassador to United States. Appearing at the New York federal court where he had been due to stand trial in January, Arbabsiar entered a surprise guilty plea. He faces up to 25 years in prison at his ...

[caption id="attachment_28076" align="alignright" width="300"] An Iranian petrochemical installation[/caption] Iran news headlines on Saturday include US sanctions againstIran petrochemical companies;spokesman for Irans UN mission statements on US support for terrorism;Foreign Ministry condemnation ofArabsiars jail sentence; objection of some presidential ...

Iran has condemned the sentencing of Iranian-American Mansour Arbabsiar to 25 years in prison as ridiculous and fabricated, saying the decision is in line with Washingtons Iranophobia project. On Friday, Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Seyyed Abbas Araqchi expressed regret over the prison sentence imposed by a New York court over allegations of ...

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Iran's foreign ministry has denounced the U.S. for sentencing an Iranian-American to 25 years in prison over a plot to kill the Saudi envoy to Washington. The reaction came a day after a New York court sentenced Iranian-born Manssor Arbabsiar, a former used car salesman from Texas, for plotting to kill the Saudi Arabian ambassador ...