Iranian intelligence: Ahmadinejad assassination thwarted in 2007
Report claims three suicide bombers were supposed to blow themselves up during Iranian president's speech, but four intelligence ministry operatives tracked them down
The Iranian Intelligence Ministry said that in 2007 an attempt by the Jundullah terrorist group to assassinate Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad during a trip to southern Iran was thwarted.
According to the report, three suicide bombers were supposed to blow themselves up during the Iranian president's speech in the city of Iranshahr in southeastern Sistan-Baluchestan Province. But four intelligence ministry operatives located them during the attempt. The statement said that four terrorists and four intelligence operatives were killed in the attempt.
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The Jundullah group (soldiers of God in Persian) is a group that fights for the autonomy of the Sunni minority in south-east Iran and regularly battles against the Iranian security forces. Iran has accused the group of receiving aid from western intelligence agencies including Israel, the US and Britain.
The intelligence ministry's announcement was published during Ahmadinejad's visit to the north-western regions of Iran.
This is not the first time that there have been reports of assassination attempts against Ahmadinejad. Similar reports were published in 2009 and 2010.
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