TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iranian state TV has denied reports that President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad faced an assassination attempt.
A conservative website reported that a handmade grenade exploded near the president's convoy Wednesday as he was on his way to address a crowd in western Iran, but the leader was not harmed. The president gave his speech as planned and it was broadcast live on state TV.
Iran's state-run Press TV, the government's main English-language broadcast arm, says Ahmadinejad's office has denied the allegation, insisting "no such attack had happened."
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