Skepticism Over Iranian Terrorist Plot

Harvard’s Stephen Walt tells Marco Werman the handling of the affair might be part of a larger American diplomatic effort to put Iran on the hot seat.

Fallout After the Alleged Plot from Iran’s Quds Force

One of the men implicated in the alleged terror plot is said to be a member of Iran’s Quds Force, a unit of the Revolutionary Guard Corps.

American Policy Toward Iran and Saudi Arabia

Former Assistant Secretary of State PJ Crowley looks at how the alleged Iranian plot affects American policy toward both Iran and Saudi Arabia.

How Iranians View the Alleged Terror Plot

Secretary of State Clinton calls for “very strong message” to be sent to Iran, after allegations of a plot to kill the Saudi ambassador to the US.

US Disrupts ‘Iranian Terror Plot’

The US says it has broken up a major terror plot in which agents linked to Iran sought to assassinate the Saudi ambassador to Washington.

Boston terrorism arrest

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A man has been charged with terrorism-related offenses that include plotting to kill people in an American shopping mall, the US Justice Department says. Tarek Mehanna, 27, was held in Sudbury, a suburb of Boston, Massachusetts, and charged with conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists. Matthew Bell reports. Download MP3

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