A senior Iranian lawmaker says Tehran still holds suspicions over the death of the Saudi mastermind behind last November�s terrorist attack on Iran's embassy in the Lebanese capital, Beirut.
�We are still suspicious of Majed al-Majed�s death. There were hidden hands [behind his death] because he was a treasure trove of information and knew about terrorist activities in Iraq, Syria and Afghanistan,� said Mohammad Hassan Asafari�who sits on the National Security and Foreign Policy Committee of Iran�s Majlis.

Asafari announced that Iran will seriously follow up on al-Majed�s death and send a judiciary team to Beirut to launch an investigation into the case.

An Iranian delegation visited Beirut last week and discussed the Iranian embassy bombing with Lebanese officials.

�The Iranian delegation addressed the Iranian embassy bombing in their meetings with (Lebanese president) Michel Suleiman and other senior Lebanese officials. An investigation board from Iran�s Justice Ministry is due to head for Lebanon next week in a bid to probe the case,� added the Iranian lawmaker.

Majed al-Majed, the Saudi ringleader of the al-Qaeda-linked Abdullah Azzam Brigades, was arrested on January 1 in connection with the twin bombings outside Iran's Embassy in the southern neighborhood of Janah in Beirut on November 19, 2013, which killed 25 people, including Iran�s cultural attach� to Beirut, and injured more than 150.

The detained Saudi terrorist was pronounced dead in a Lebanese military hospital a few days after his arrest.

By Press TV

 

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