Al-Sadr not in Iran, says FM spokesman

Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman Mohammad-Ali Hosseini Sunday rejected claims on presence in Iran of Iraqi Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr.

"He is not in Iran," stressed the spokesman at his weekly press conference. "This claim is unfounded and part of the US psychological warfare against Iran," he said.

Referring to the US propaganda against Iran, he said, "US officials first announced that al-Sadr had escaped from Iraq then they said he had the intention of traveling to Iran but Tehran did not grant him visa. Then they made unfounded claims on his presence in Iran."