The Iranian Embassy in India has dismissed claims made by media retailers, together with the British nationwide newspaper The Sunday Occasions, that Iran’s Supreme Chief Mojtaba Khamenei owned two flats overlooking the Israeli embassy in London, calling the claims “utterly baseless” and saying he owns no property wherever.
“Ayatollah Seyyed Mojtaba Khamenei, like his esteemed father, owns no property, neither exterior Iran nor contained in the nation. The Iranian persons are properly conscious of his easy and non-ostentatious life-style,” the Iranian Embassy in India acknowledged.
The Iranian embassy went on to say that such baseless claims are made with the target of making “a false picture of his life and character” that holds no credibility in any respect within the eyes of Iranians.
“Even now, the Iranian individuals, due to his easy lifestyle and the love and affection they’ve for him, have been taking to the streets for 190 consecutive nights in assist of him,” it mentioned.
Two flats reportedly linked to Iran’s newly appointed Supreme Chief Mojtaba Khamenei and positioned near the Israeli embassy in London have been put in the marketplace, The Sunday Occasions reported earlier this week. The flats are mentioned to be in a constructing on Palace Inexperienced in Kensington, the identical avenue because the embassy.
The British media had additionally reported earlier this yr that the 2 flats, on the sixth and seventh flooring of the constructing, have been acquired by way of intermediaries in 2014 and 2016. These stories, citing info from a Bloomberg investigation into what it described as Khamenei’s worldwide property empire, mentioned the properties have been solely just lately traced to him.
The Night Normal and the Each day Mail reported on Sunday that Mojtaba Khamenei owned two luxurious flats in west London that overlook the Israeli embassy. The stories mentioned the flats had been purchased by way of numerous intermediaries and have been later linked to him.
The Occasions of London had additionally reported on March 5 that the condominium constructing in query sits subsequent to the Israeli embassy on Palace Inexperienced. The situation of the constructing drew additional consideration after stories in regards to the possession of the flats emerged.
The stories got here after 4 Iranian and British-Iranian males have been arrested in London early on Friday on suspicion of surveilling “areas and people” linked to town’s Jewish group. The Each day Mail quoted a terrorism and safety specialist as saying that the place of the flats means “Iran owns the view into the again of the Israeli Embassy from lower than 50 metres away.”
The stories in British newspapers due to this fact linked the sale of the 2 Palace Inexperienced flats with earlier claims about their possession, their proximity to the Israeli embassy, and the broader scrutiny that adopted the arrests in London.
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