The U.S. Treasury on July 20 announced sanctions against what it said were three senior Al-Qaeda operatives were based in Iran.
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It did not provide more details on their whereabouts in Iran.
The Iranian foreign ministry today denied USA accusations that three Al-Qaeda operatives were in Iran, helping to move money and weapons around the Middle East, according to media reports.
Iran, a Shia Muslim theocracy, considers al Qaeda a terrorist group and Iranian security forces periodically report the arrest of al Qaeda members.
Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Ghasemi was quoted as saying that Iran doesn’t have “any information about their presence on its soil”.
He meanwhile advises the U.S. government to avoid making a sweeping generalization and share accurate information to provide coordinated worldwide action against terrorist groups.
He added that Iran maintained firm anti-terrorist determination according to its global commitments.
The US Treasury named the three alleged operatives as Faisal Jassim Mohammed al-Amri al-Khalidi, Yisra Muhammad Ibrahim Bayumi and Abu Bakr Muhammad Muhammad Ghumayn.
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On Wednesday, the US Treasury blacklisted three members of al-Qaeda reportedly living in Iran, claiming they “had helped the Islamist militant group on the battlefield, with finance and logistics, and in mediating with Iranian authorities”.
