Iran Acknowledges Terror Convictions

[Khephra]

TEHRAN, Iran -- Iran acknowledged for the first time Sunday that it has convicted some Iranian nationals of supporting al-Qaida, saying the number was fewer than five.

The United States has accused Iran of harboring al-Qaida operatives, with some U.S. counterterrorism officials alleging hard-line elements within the Iranian regime may have developed working relationships with some senior al-Qaida officials who fled to Iran after the U.S.-led war in Afghanistan. Iran has rejected the accusations.

"A few pro-al-Qaida Iranian nationals have been tried and convicted," Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Hamid Reza Asefi told reporters.

Their number, he said, is less than "the fingers on one's hand," he said, according to the official Islamic Republic News Agency.

http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/world/wire/sns-ap-iran-al-qaida,0,1017973.story?coll=sns-ap-world-headlines

[Guarionex]

1. well...that's nice...

Isn't that already more convinctions then the United States has had?

[Khephra]

2. You know, I think you're right

Iran has done a better job at fighting terrorism than Ashcroft did. Too bad the irony would be lost on Ashcroft.