Continued Reactions to Accusations of Iran's Involvement in 'Assassination Attempt' in Denmark

An advisor to Hassan Rouhani described the accusations attributed to Iran's Ministry of Intelligence regarding the design of an assassination attempt on an opposition figure in Denmark as a 'burnt case of Mossad.' A representative stated that the purpose of this 'scenario' was to prevent the establishment of a financial mechanism between Europe and Iran. Recently, Denmark accused Iran's Ministry of Intelligence of attempting to assassinate an activist opposed to the Islamic Republic, and a Norwegian citizen of Iranian descent was arrested on suspicion of collaborating with Iran's Ministry of Intelligence and attempting to attack members of the 'Ahvaz Movement.' Bahram Qasemi, spokesman for Iran's Foreign Ministry, called the statements of Danish officials in this regard 'completely unfounded and incorrect' and stated that the arrested individual of Iranian descent with Norwegian citizenship is 'completely fictitious and without identity.' Hossein Dehghan, an advisor to the Iranian President, wrote on his Twitter page in response to this issue that these accusations are 'Plan B' of the United States, Israel, Saudi Arabia, and the Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization. According to Dehghan, 'After the failure of Plan A (the accusation of Iran attempting to attack a Mojahedin meeting in Paris), the case-making to align Europe with the illegal sanctions of the United States under the pretext of terrorism began, and the confession of Mossad and the premature congratulations from Pompeo showed the rooster's beak.' He also described 'relieving' Saudi Arabia from international pressure regarding the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul as another 'goal' of these accusations and 'conspiracy,' writing: 'Unaware that Iran's hand is full and Mossad has auctioned off a burnt case.' His reference is to a report from the IRNA news agency citing the Jerusalem Post, based on information from Mossad officials, which stated that Iran's plan to assassinate the leader of an opposition group in a Scandinavian country was thwarted. IRNA added that in this report, Mossad also claimed that in June of this year, it provided information to Parisian officials regarding a potential attack plan on a Mojahedin conference in France. Mohammad Javad Zarif, Iran's Foreign Minister, also labeled the accusations made by Denmark as a 'conspiracy of the Israeli intelligence agency, Mossad.' Hossein Naqavi Hosseini, a member of the National Security and Foreign Policy Commission of the Islamic Consultative Assembly, also considered these accusations to be a 'scenario' jointly created by Denmark, the United States, and Israel aimed at returning Iran-EU relations to a 'hostile' state and preventing the success of Iran and Europe's diplomatic efforts to establish a 'financial relationship' and 'communication channel.' This representative stated: 'If the European Union and European countries also beat the drum of accusations against Iran in this matter, it shows that the European Union has no determination to establish a communication channel and is looking for an excuse to dismiss the issue without being accused.' Hossein Amirabdollahian, a special assistant to the Speaker of the Islamic Consultative Assembly, also described Denmark's accusations against Iran's Ministry of Intelligence as 'scenario-making' by Israel against Tehran and Europe relations and threatened that this action by Tel Aviv and Israel's 'efforts' to 'economically harm' the Islamic Republic 'will not go unanswered.' Kamal Dehghani, the deputy head of the National Security and Foreign Policy Commission, also called this issue a 'psychological war and scenario' designed by Israel, Saudi Arabia, and the United States to 'overshadow Iran-Europe relations and downplay the Khashoggi assassination in Turkey.'