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Iran plot to kill Saudi envoy foiled: reports
Egyptian security services foiled an Iranian plot to assassinate the Saudi ambassador to Cairo, the legal advisor of the kingdom's embassy said in local dailies on Tuesday. Egypt “arrested three Iranians planning to assassinate the ambassador, Ahmed Qattan,” Al-Hayat quoted Sami Jamal as saying. “Egyptian authorities informed concerned parties at the Saudi foreign ministry of the details, but the Saudi side opted to keep silent on the matter,” Jamal said. The arrests were made three months ago.
Egyptian security services foiled an Iranian plot to assassinate the Saudi ambassador to Cairo, the legal advisor of the kingdom's embassy said in local dailies on Tuesday. Egypt “arrested three Iranians planning to assassinate the ambassador, Ahmed Qattan,” Al-Hayat quoted Sami Jamal as saying. “Egyptian authorities informed concerned parties at the Saudi foreign ministry of the details, but the Saudi side opted to keep silent on the matter,” Jamal said. The arrests were made three months ago.
