Iran membantah laporan serangan terhadap Presiden Ahmadinejad

Iran denies reports of attack on President Ahmadinejad

Mr Ahmadinejad's speech in Hamedan was broadcast live on state TV

Iranian officials have denied that President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was targeted in an assassination attempt.

A conservative Iranian website had said an explosive device was thrown at his convoy in the western city of Hamedan, where he was to deliver a speech, but later removed the report from its site.
State-run Press TV said "no such attack had happened", and officials said the blast was caused by a firework.

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Jon Leyne BBC News

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Security is actually not that tight around President Ahmadinejad when he is out on tour.
Presidential tours are announced in advance, and he is swamped by crowds even though there are security guards around him.
If confirmed as an assassination attempt, it would be the first one I have heard of during his presidency, although the president claimed the Americans had a plot to kidnap him when he travelled to Iraq a couple of years ago.

Mr Ahmadinejad went ahead with his speech at a football stadium.
"It was a firecracker, and a statement will be released soon," an official in the president's media office told the Agence France-Presse news agency.
Al Alam, a state-run Arabic-language TV channel, reported that the firecracker was set off to cheer the president.
The Khabaronline website said the president's car was about 100 metres (330ft) away from the explosion, which "caused a lot of smoke", but later removed the article from its website.
The semi-official Fars news agency first said the device was a homemade grenade, but later said the explosion was caused by a firecracker.

Earlier, a source in his office told the Reuters news agency that Mr Ahmadinejad's convoy was targeted as he was travelling from the airport.
Dubai-based Al Arabiya television said the attacker threw an explosive device at a car carrying journalists.
The attacker was detained, it said.
Other Arab TV reports had said a number of people were wounded in the attack.
Earlier this week, Mr Ahmadinejad said he believed he was the target of an assassination plot by Israel.
During a speech to a conference of expatriate Iranians in Tehran, he said Zionists had "hired mercenaries to assassinate me".

in indonesia ::
 
pejabat iran telah membantah bahwa Presiden Mahmoud Ahmadinejad menjadi sasaran dalam upaya pembunuhan.
Sebuah situs web konservatif Iran mengatakan bahan peledak dilemparkan pada konvoi di kota barat Hamedan, di mana ia menyampaikan pidato, namun kemudian dihapus laporan dari situs.
Negara-lari Press TV mengatakan "tidak ada serangan seperti itu terjadi", dan para pejabat mengatakan ledakan itu disebabkan oleh sebuah kembang api. Analisa Lanjutkan membaca cerita utama Jon Berita BBC Leyne
Keamanan sebenarnya tidak ketat di sekitar Presiden Ahmadinejad ketika dia keluar tur.
Presiden wisata diumumkan di muka, dan dia telah diubah oleh orang banyak meskipun ada penjaga keamanan di sekitarnya.
Jika dikukuhkan sebagai upaya pembunuhan, itu akan menjadi yang pertama saya dengar selama kepresidenannya, meskipun presiden Amerika mengklaim memiliki plot untuk menculik dia ketika dia pergi ke Irak beberapa tahun yang lalu.
Ahmadinejad terus berjalan dengan pidato di sebuah stadion sepak bola.
"Itu petasan, dan pernyataan akan dirilis segera," kata seorang pejabat di kantor media presiden lembaga Agence France-Presse berita.
Al Alam, saluran TV yang dikelola negara berbahasa Arab, melaporkan bahwa petasan itu berangkat untuk menghibur presiden.
Situs Khabaronline mengatakan mobil presiden sekitar 100 meter (330ft) dari ledakan, yang "menyebabkan banyak" asap, namun kemudian dihapus artikel dari situs web.
Kantor berita Fars setengah resmi pertama berkata alat itu sebuah granat buatan sendiri, tapi kemudian mengatakan ledakan itu disebabkan oleh sebuah petasan. Peta
Sebelumnya, seorang sumber di kantornya mengatakan kepada kantor berita Reuters bahwa konvoi Ahmadinejad itu ditargetkan saat ia sedang melakukan perjalanan dari bandara.
Berbasis di Dubai televisi Al Arabiya mengatakan penyerang melemparkan alat peledak di sebuah mobil yang membawa wartawan.
Penyerang ditahan, katanya.
Lain laporan TV Arab telah mengatakan sejumlah orang terluka dalam serangan itu.
Awal pekan ini, Ahmadinejad mengatakan ia yakin bahwa ia adalah target dari rencana pembunuhan oleh Israel.
Selama pidato untuk konferensi ekspatriat Iran di Teheran, ia berkata Zionis telah "menyewa tentara bayaran untuk membunuh saya".

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