The reports, later denied by the
Iranian government, asserted that the attacker hurled a grenade at
Ahmadinejad's convoy on Aug. 4 in Hamedan, Middle East Newsline reported.
The president was not harmed but several people were reported injured
from the grenade attack. The attacker was said to have been captured.
"Security agents arrested the person who threw it," the official Iranian
Fars News Agency said.
The assassination attempt was first reported by an Iranian Web site
khabaronline.ir, which said Ahmadinejad had been on his way to address an
audience in western Iran. The Web site said the grenade exploded
about 100 meters from the convoy.
"The explosion caused a lot of smoke," the Web site said.
Hours later, the state-owned Iranian media denied that Ahmadinejad had
been in danger. Officials said firecrackers had been detonated near the
president's convoy.
"No such attack had occurred," a statement by Ahmadinejad's office said.
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