Iran Press/ Iran: The foreign ministry spokesman, Bahram Ghasemi has forthrightly rejected claims and allegations by Fox News Channel about "Iran's secret weapons-smuggling air routes to Lebanon". Ghasemi said the allegations of Iran smuggling arms into Lebanon are completely untrue.
Iran's foreign ministry spokesman Bahram Ghasemi in an interview with al-Aalam News channel on Tuesday stressed that the publication of these kind of misleading news reports has unfortunately become 'commonplace in recent weeks', indicating an intensification of the US psychological war and negative media campaign against Iran.
The Fox News article also claimed U.S. and Israeli intelligence agencies have 'evidence' of Iran operating weapons factories in Lebanon, Syria and Yemen. Reacting to the allegations, foreign ministry spokesman Bahram Ghasemi rejected the claims, describing them as 'totally untrue'.
Earlier, in response to French FM Jean-Yves Laudrian, Iranian foreign ministry spokesman stressed that the defensive missile program of Iran is not debatable under any conditions.
Related news:
Defensive missile program, Non-Negotiable; Iran's response to France FM
Meanwhile, on his Saturday statement, Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman dismissed as unfounded and ridiculous what has been reported by certain news outlets and media claiming that Iran has sent missiles to Iraq.
Related news:
The spokesman of Iran’s Foreign Ministry noted that such unfounded claims are merely aimed at affecting Iran’s foreign relations, especially with its neighbours.
Iraq Ministry of Foreign Affairs, also denied the media reports that Iranian ballistic missiles were being transferred to Iraq and handed over to various Iraqi groups.
Read more:
Ghasemi condemns OIC statement and allegations against Iran
