TEHRAN, 22 February 2005 — Iran denied yesterday suggestions on some local Internet sites that it arrested Al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden, the Western world’s most wanted man, on the border with Pakistan.
“This information is wrong and Bin Laden has not been arrested by our security forces,” government spokesman Abdollah Ramezanzadeh said at a weekly press briefing.
Some Iranian Internet sites quoted American officials as saying the Al-Qaeda leader had been arrested two weeks ago by Iranian forces.
