Iran admits to helping Al Quaeda before 9/11

A top Iranian official has admitted for the first time that Iran knowingly helped al-Qaeda terrorists — including some of the 9/11 attackers — travel secretly through the Middle East.

“Their movements [through Iran] were under the complete supervision of the Iranian intelligence,” Mohammad-Javad Larijani said in a recently surfaced interview.

That was one of the main accusations leveled against Iran in the U.S. government’s 9/11 Commission Report, which named the nation as a state sponsor of terrorism.

Larijani, the secretary of the Iranian judiciary’s High Council for Human Rights and a former diplomat, is a prominent member of the regime.

“Our government agreed not to stamp the passports of some of them” when al-Qaeda members passed through Iran on trips between Afghanistan and Saudi Arabia, Larijani confirmed.

The ruse protected the terrorists from prosecution by Saudi authorities, he said – and shielded at least one of the pilots who turned passenger planes into deadly missiles on 9/11.

Larijani’s confession came in a May 30 interview on Iranian state TV. Al-Arabiya News reported on the interview on Friday, and the English translation was confirmed by the Daily Caller.

It buttresses an April 30 court ruling that ordered Iran to pay $6 billion to families of 9/11 victims for the country’s role in supporting the terrorists who attacked the U.S. in 2001, taking 2,977 lives.

“We know we were right,” said Tara Bane of Yardley, Pennsylvania, one of the plaintiffs in the case. Her husband Michael worked for Marsh & McLennan on the 100th floor of the North Tower.

“We didn’t need them to admit it,” Bane told The Post. “But this is maybe some vindication.”

Lol.
This accusation is more ridiculous than Alex Jones’ inside job conspiracy.

FR’s Russophobe nuts are getting more and more like a bunch of insane cult members.

I have predicted that they will cook up a story claiming russia masterminded 9/11 terror attack.

State designates Iran-based Bahraini militant as terrorist | FDD’s Long War Journal
Caleb Weiss

State’s infographic of newly designated Iranian-based Bahraini militant, Qassim Abdullah Ali Ahmed.

The US State Department announced earlier today that it has designated an Iranian-based Bahraini national as a global terrorist. This comes amidst repeated attempts by Iran and its Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) to incite an insurgency against the island kingdom, who’s leaders have launched a widespread crackdown on all Shiite opposition.

In its statement, State denotes Qassim Abdullah Ali Ahmed, or Qassim al Muamen, is ‘an Iran-based leader of al-Ashtar Brigades (AAB).’ State adds that Muamen “has recruited terrorists in Bahrain, facilitated training on weapons and explosives for AAB members, and supplied AAB members with funding, weapons, and explosives to carry out attacks.” According to Bahraini officials, the statement reads, Muamen was also responsible for several assassination and bombing plots on leaders and oil infrastructure.

https://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2018/08/state-designates-iran-based-bahraini-militant-as-terrorist.php

State Department just designated this Bahraini based in Iran as a global terrorist so don’t anyone tell me, they aren’t there.

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.