9/11 verdict uselessly try to rewriting history: Iran

"Those devising such games are futilely trying to misrepresent truth and write history in such a way that they wish. But such a thing will surely not happen,”  Bahram Qassemi said on Tuesday.

They, he added, were trying to distort the course of justice even away from the proceedings, which have been taken over the years against the main people committing the acts of terrorism.

The judgment was issued by Manhattan federal judge George Daniels earlier in the day. The lawsuit claims that Iran provided technical assistance, training and planning to the al-Qaeda operatives that conducted the attacks.
  Qassemi said the “default judgment” had been issued against Tehran in the absence of any, even circumstantial, evidence of Iran’s participation in the incidents.

Such “politically-charged and unacceptable” rulings, the likes of which have been issued against Tehran in the past, mock “not only the international legal system, but also the people of the United States, especially the survivors and victims of the September 11 incident,” the spokesman noted.
Qassemi said the so-called proceedings had also violated governments’ immunity from prosecution, adding that Tehran reserved all its legal rights to counter the lawsuit.

The official investigation on the attacks, known as the 9/11 Commission Report, has said that Iran did not play a direct role.

The lawsuit is not linked to a case filed against Saudi Arabia, which families of 9/11 victims say provided direct support for the attackers. Fifteen of the 19 Sept. 11 hijackers were Saudi citizens, two were Emiratis, and the remaining two were Egyptian and Lebanese.

/SR