Iran: September 11 Attacks Ruling Was 'Clumsy Scenario-Making'

TEHRAN, Iran -- Iran has rejected a New York judge's finding that Tehran is liable in the Sept. 11 attacks along with the Taliban and al-Qaida.

According to state TV, Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman referred to last week's judgment as "clumsy scenario-making" by the U.S.

The spokesman, Ramin Mehmanparast, repeated Iran's insistence that al-Qaida has no presence in the country.

On Thursday, Judge George Daniels in Manhattan signed a default judgment finding Iran, the Taliban and al-Qaida liable in the 2001 attacks. The ruling came in a $100 billion lawsuit brought by family members of victims.

The findings also said Iran provides al-Qaida members a safe haven.

Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has repeatedly denied any Iranian connection to the Sept. 11 attacks or to al-Qaida.

Comments

[mu chowdhury]

03:28 AM on 12/29/2011

Clean the alcohol from the intoxicated Honb'le Judge by hemodialysis, the ruling will be reversed; he will say Israel was involved in 9// attack (of course which would be more reasonable)

[Brian Love]

11:37 AM on 12/28/2011

So what happened with Saddam Hussein and Iraq, I thought they were the ones responsible for 9/11? Now it's Iran that was responsible? I mean Osama Bin Laden, my mistake, the Al Qaida. Didn't Bin Laden actually die like ten years ago? lol

[Abigaill Tomsen]

09:58 AM on 12/28/2011

Perfect timing! This ruling comes just in time for Obama to shift his attention to Iran. Now the US can feel 'justified' ...

[HaroldHowe]

03:31 AM on 12/28/2011

"clumsy scenario-making" by the U.S. sounds about right regarding Iran's involvement in the 9/11 attacks.

Pakistan's ISI is another matter.

[RibEye]

10:53 PM on 12/27/2011

What happened to Saudi Arabia??
And didn't Iran almost go to war with Afghanistan while it was run by the dudes from Saudi Arabia?
And didn't AQ spokes dude say that they hate Persians/Shia more than US/Jews?
And what happened to Saudi Arabia again?
Any chance Saudi Arabia threatened with an oil embargo if mentioned?

[No Dogma Freedom]

09:08 PM on 12/27/2011

The British Government has just sued the USG for the guns and supplies the Catholics supplied to their kin!

The 1.5 million people in Iraq have just sued GW and the USG for the death of their families

1 Million more for the death from lack of medical

Vietnamese ---300 million dead families are suing the USG for the death

Vet are suing the USG for the nuclear blast they made them walk over, and agent orange and DUI's

The American People are suing Wall Street and the Banks for their money back and the death of 8, 000 men and women......

2.5 million are suing the USG of the prison system that is now known as torture INC........

NO?! though that should the case we are setting up the wave of war: WWIII - anyone of you who thinks the Russian and Chinese well not go to arms or to provocation of war on this act of war- guess again

[Larabee]

05:12 PM on 12/28/2011

Earth to Dogma.......................Earth to Dogma......come in Dogma.

[piul05]

03:59 PM on 12/27/2011

It seems that there are people out there running out of ideas on how to justify an onslaught on Iran.

What next? They've be holding Rudolph, the Reindeer at ransom?

Un-friggin-believable...

[Steven Schwartz2012]

07:15 AM on 12/27/2011

WHAT!!, he forgot to blame the guys that refueled the plane!!

[Tammy Tyler Palmisano]

06:08 AM on 12/27/2011

when you go looking for an enemy you will always find one...when your against the world the world will be against you...and we claim to be a country of peace, really! and this is what america calls the love of Jesus? and it takes 10 years to announce hmm sounds a little conveinent to me...if iran had anything to do with 911 we would have already started a war with them....hatred feeds hatred!

[Richard Pearce banned]

04:38 AM on 12/27/2011

The cynic in me wonders if this is not intended to be a shot across the bow of the pro-democracy movements in Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Kuwait, the UAE, Libya, Egypt, and maybe Syria, along with the government in Iraq, just letting them know that they need to ensure that their democratic choices are willing to comply with Washington, or they will find their assets seized, their trade hampered, and their extremists armed by the US.

[mu chowdhury]

03:34 PM on 12/28/2011

A+

F&F

[Richard Pearce banned]

03:59 AM on 12/27/2011

Strangely missing from the list of liable parties is Saudi Arabia, the CIA, and Iraq.

I wonder why (especially that last, seeing as we ;-} know ;-} Iraq was involved, Bush and co told us so)

[The Mighty Cynic]

01:28 PM on 12/27/2011

Israel also. They were evidenced taping 9/11 as it occurred.

[MrComments]

01:50 PM on 12/27/2011

There were thousands of people taping 9/11. Networks, home videos, etc. Duh.

[mu chowdhury]

03:40 PM on 12/28/2011

Nope. It is a mutually agreed-upon list. So, by the condition of the agreement Israel cannot be surfaced; though few illiterate Jews danced ignorantly while the Twin Tower was sinking (clashing law of impact) down. Faved.

[KIVPossum]

02:15 AM on 12/27/2011

Goodness, if it was all Iran's doing, then why did we invade two neighboring countries?

[The Mighty Cynic]

01:28 PM on 12/27/2011

and why do we always seem to be at conflict with Israel's enemies? hmmmmmm

[mu chowdhury]

03:49 PM on 12/28/2011

Specially, the regional and civilized ones !!

[mu chowdhury]

03:50 PM on 12/28/2011

X2

F&F

[Yank in France]

01:26 AM on 12/27/2011

This judge is totally out to lunch. I hesitate to call him names because that would violate Huffinton Post's very singular guidelines, and we wouldn't want that, would we?

[mu chowdhury]

03:43 PM on 12/28/2011

Yeah. You will be sued for contempt of court!!!

[Yank in France]

05:07 PM on 12/28/2011

On the "contempt" part, I would have no choice but to plead, guilty as sin! -:)

[Fireslayer]

01:11 AM on 12/27/2011

The judgment is subject to collateral attack on a number of grounds.

No one has yet put a shred of evidence forward that would blame Iran for 9-11. On a list of known precipitating events and causalities, Iran would not even enter into the top 100.

Ineptitude of the Bush Administration in basic homeland protection, US support of the Islamic radicals in Afghanistan, failure to monitor known Saudi Arabian terrorists, US failure to rein in Israeli expansionism and settlement and failure of the FAA to lock down cockpits on commercial airlines all rank in the top ten- many would say they are top five.

[mu chowdhury]

03:46 PM on 12/28/2011

X2

F&F

[Taxim]

01:04 AM on 12/27/2011

So now al-Qaida and Iran were working together. Was this before or after they were working with Saddam Hussein? :))))