Alleged Iran-hired hitman not cooperating with Cyprus authorities
Iran continued to deny accusations that it plotted to attack Israelis in Cyprus, days after Israel said Iran was behind plans for an act of terrorism orchestrated by Tehran against Israeli businesspeople.
According to Fars News Agency’s International Group, the Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Cyprus responded to the latest accusation of the “Zionists against Iran.”
“This [Israeli] regime always makes such baseless accusations against the Islamic Republic of Iran; Zionist officials who have repeatedly tried to create an atmosphere against the Islamic Republic of Iran without any documents,” the Iranian news agency said.
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“The Zionist regime has made such accusations against the Islamic Republic of Iran, while the South Cypriot media reported on Sunday this week that a Russian-Azerbaijani citizen had entered the Cypriot capital to assassinate Zionist billionaire Teddy Sagi, and suggested that the plot of the murder of this Zionist businessman had a commercial aspect and financial disputes with Russian partners,” Iran’s Fars News reported.
Sagi, who made his fortune running gambling apps and who owns London’s Camden Market, was tipped off by the Israeli authorities – likely the Mossad – that assassins were after him. He fled Cyprus, where he lives, for Israel earlier this week.
The hit man alleged to have been hired by Iran to kill Israeli businessmen reportedly has not been cooperating with the authorities.
The 38-year-old Azeri man, who holds a Russian passport, would not answer any of the police’s questions other than to tell them where he rented two cars in Ayia Napa in Cyprus, one of which had a loaded pistol with a silencer inside it, the Philenews site reported.
Like the Prime Minister’s Office, Philenews…
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