Baku, Azerbaijan, July 8
By Umid Niayesh - Trend:
An informed source with the Islamic Republic's foreign ministry has rejected media reports about having ties with a terror suspect arrested in Jordan.
The Jordanian newspaper Al Rai reported on July 6 that the country's security forces had arrested an Iranian operative from elite Quds Force of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) suspected of planning a terrorist attack.
Meanwhile the Iranian foreign ministry source called the Jordanian newspaper report baseless.
The Islamic Republic's steady and principal policy is based on respecting the security, stability and territorial integrity of the regional countries, the source said on the condition of anonymity, Iran 's official IRNA news agency reported July 8.
The source also said Iran would spare no effort within the framework of this policy.
According to the Jordanian newspaper report, the arrested person is an Iraqi national who also holds Norwegian citizenship. He infiltrated Jordan through the Syrian border. The suspect was found in possession of some 45 kilograms of highly powerful explosives which he hid in a hideout in the city of Jerash , north of the capital Amman.
The arrest was made public a few hours before the suspect was to appear before the State Security Court, a military courthouse located in Amman. He is being charged with possession of explosives and intent to carry out a terrorist attack in Jordan.
Citing a security source, Al Rai said the thwarted attack would have been the most serious terrorist act in Jordan in the past decade in terms of the amount and type of seized explosives.
The report did not say when and where the attack would have taken place.
The spokesman for Iran 's IRGC, Ramazan Sharif also rejected the report as "Baseless." He dismissed the allegations as part of "phobia and propaganda" against Iran, comparing it to "past claims" by other countries, the Associated Press reported July 7.
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