Iran denies al-Qaeda leader was killed in Tehran - BBC News

Iran has denied a report that a leader of militant group al-Qaeda was killed in its capital Tehran in August.

The New York Times newspaper reported that Abdullah Ahmed Abdullah, al-Qaeda's second-in-command, was shot dead in the street by Israeli agents following a request from the US.

Iran said it had no al-Qaeda "terrorists" living in its country.

Abdullah is accused of planning the deadly attacks on American embassies in Africa in 1998....

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