MP rejects 'foolish' Saudi claim about arresting 3 Iranians

A senior Iranian lawmaker has dismissed Saudi Arabia’s media reports about the detention of three Iranian nationals accused of acting against the Saudi's security.

The Saudi media ploy about the detention of Iranians is aimed at concealing internal rifts among the sitting Saudi rulers, particularly after the promotion of Mohammed bin Salman to the position of crown prince, Chairman of the Iranian Parliament's Committee on National Security and Foreign Policy Alaeddin Boroujerdi on Sunday, Press TV reported.

Boroujerdi made the remarks in reaction to Saudi media claims on Sunday about the detention of three Iranians on charges of acting against Saudi security three days prior to a foiled terror plot targeting the Grand Mosque in the holy Saudi city of Mecca.

He said the Saudi King’s move to appoint his son as the new crown prince had raised tensions in the country, emphasizing that Saudi media made such anti-Iran claims to divert public attention from the divisions in the Saudi family.

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