TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Iran is denying any link with two suspects charged with plotting a terrorist attack against a Canadian passenger train. Canadian authorities claim the suspects - 30 year-old Chiheb Esseghaier and 35-year-old Raed Jaser, - had "direction and guidance" from al-Qaida members in Iran, though there was no allegations the planned ...

Iran's Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast has slammed the Canadian administrations hostile policies vis--vis the Iranian nation, saying that Ottawas foreign policies are not in the interests of its own nation. It appears that the decisions followed by Canada today can be mostly traced to its current extremist administration, which is pursuing ...

[caption id="attachment_23974" align="alignright" width="300"] Iranian MP Alaeddin Boroujerdi[/caption] A senior Iranian lawmaker has censured the Canadian government for its recent unfounded claim that Iran was linked to a terror plot in Canada, describing the allegation as ridiculous. Chairman of Irans Majlis Committee for National Security and ...

Following this week's revelation by Canadian officials that two suspects detained overa plot to blow up a passenger trainhad links to an al-Qaeda cell based in Iran, I now gather that the Islamic Republic is trying to link up with another radical Sunni Muslim group the Palestinian Hamas movement in Gaza. Iran's vehement denials that it had any involvement ...

(Reuters) - Investigators believe one of two suspects charged in Canada with plotting to blow up a railroad track carrying passenger trains traveled toIranwithin the past two years, U.S. law enforcement and national security officials said on Thursday. Chiheb Esseghaier, a Tunisian-born doctoral student, traveled toIranon a trip that was directly ...

The United States has persuaded Canada to falsely attribute a botched al-Qaeda-linked terror plot to Iran in a last-ditch bid to cover up its support of terrorist groups fighting in Syria. On Monday, Canadian police said they have thwarted what they called an al-Qaeda-supported terrorist plot to attack a major transportation route in the North American ...

Iran news headlines on Tuesdayinclude Iran denial of linking withCanada terror plot suspects;Irans Foreign Ministry remarks overUS-Israel arms dealdestabilizing region;Iranian Armys Ground Forcesmilitary drills in near future andIran welcoming USinitiative on direct talks.   Iran denies link with Canada terror plot suspects Iran is denying ...

Shiite Iran and Sunni Al Qaeda have long had a hostile relationship. While state involvement appears unlikely, Tehran has less control over the country's far east. CouldIranreally have been linked to anAl Qaedaplot inCanadato derail a passengertrain bound for theUS? When Canadian officials made that charge yesterday,it surprised Iran specialists ...

Iran rejected as "ridiculous" on Tuesday a claim by Ottawa that two foreigners arrested in connection with a plot to derail a passenger train in the Toronto area were backed by Tehran-supported Al-Qaeda. "This is the most hilarious thing I've heard in my 64 years," Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi was quoted by the ISNA news agency as saying, adding ...

TORONTO (AP) -- Two men face a bail hearing Tuesday after their arrest on charges of plotting a terrorist attack against a Canadian passenger train with support from al-Qaida elements in Iran, authorities said. The case has raised questions about Shiite-led Iran's murky relationship with the predominantly Sunni Arab terrorist network. Chiheb Esseghaier,...