UN condemns alleged plot to kill Saudi envoy
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November 20, 2011, Sunday
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THE UN General Assembly on Friday condemned an alleged plot - blamed by US authorities on Iranian agents - to kill Saudi Arabia's envoy to the United States and urged Iran to obey international law.
A resolution passed with 106 votes in favor, nine against and 40 abstentions, including China and Russia. The resolution did not specifically pin the alleged assassination plan on Tehran, which has denied involvement.
But it urged Iran "to comply with all of its obligations under international law" by cooperating with investigations.
US authorities said last month they had uncovered a plot by two Iranians linked to Tehran's security agencies to hire a hit man to kill Adel al-Jubeir, the Washington ambassador of Iran's Gulf rival Saudi Arabia.
One man, Manssor Arbabsiar, was arrested in September and has pleaded not guilty. The other, Gholam Shakuri - said by US officials to be a member of Iran's Revolutionary Guards but by Iran to belong to an anti-Tehran rebel group - is still at large.
A resolution passed with 106 votes in favor, nine against and 40 abstentions, including China and Russia. The resolution did not specifically pin the alleged assassination plan on Tehran, which has denied involvement.
But it urged Iran "to comply with all of its obligations under international law" by cooperating with investigations.
US authorities said last month they had uncovered a plot by two Iranians linked to Tehran's security agencies to hire a hit man to kill Adel al-Jubeir, the Washington ambassador of Iran's Gulf rival Saudi Arabia.
One man, Manssor Arbabsiar, was arrested in September and has pleaded not guilty. The other, Gholam Shakuri - said by US officials to be a member of Iran's Revolutionary Guards but by Iran to belong to an anti-Tehran rebel group - is still at large.
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