Iran gives cops cold shoulder in Israeli case

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh might have supported Iran by attending the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) meet, but Tehran has given a cold shoulder to New Delhi’s effort to get more information in the February 13 bomb attack on an Israeli embassy vehicle here.

The Delhi Police have been probing the role of four Iranians in the bombing of the Israeli embassy car, in which diplomat Tal Yeshua was seriously injured. The police have also arrested Urdu journalist Syed Mohammed Ahmed Kazmi for allegedly being a part of the conspiracy hatched abroad.

After initial glitches, a two-member team of the Delhi Police went to Tehran last month to gather information against suspected bomber Houshang Afshar and his other associates Masoud Sedaghatzadeh, Saeid Moradi and Mohammad Kharzei.

“Iranian authorities have virtually stonewalled all efforts to get any information on the four accused,” an official said.