Canadian police say they have arrested two people over an al-Qaeda-supported plot to derail a train. Source: AAP
IRAN is denying any link with two suspects charged with plotting a terrorist attack against a Canadian passenger train.
Canadian authorities claim the suspects - 30-year-old Chiheb Esseghaier and 35-year-old Raed Jaser, - had "direction and guidance" from al-Qaeda members in Iran, though there was no allegation the planned attacks were state-sponsored.
Esseghaier is believed to be Tunisian and Jaser is from the United Arab Emirates.
Some al-Qaeda members were allowed to stay in Iran after fleeing Afghanistan but were under tight controls.
Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast told reporters on Tuesday that there is "no firm evidence" of any Iranian involvement, and groups such as al-Qaeda had "no compatibility with Iran in both political and ideological fields".
He called the Canadian claims part of hostile policies against Tehran.
Esseghaier and Raed Jaser were allegedly planning to carry out an attack on a Via Rail passenger train, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) told a news conference.
A bail hearing was set for Tuesday.
"Today's arrests demonstrate that terrorism continues to be a real threat to Canada," Public Safety Minister Vic Toews warned.
Charges against the two include conspiring to carry out an attack and conspiring with a terrorist group to murder persons, though very few details about the plot were revealed.
Assistant RCMP Commissioner James Malizia told reporters the suspects "were receiving support from al-Qaeda elements located in Iran" but added: "There's no indication that these attacks were state-sponsored."
Asked to describe the kind of support offered, he replied: "Direction and guidance."
Malizia said the suspects were "not Canadian citizens" but declined to reveal their nationalities. One of the two men had lived in Montreal for several years, he added, without saying which one.
The suspects' plans were "not based on their ethnic origins but on an ideology," police said.
RCMP Chief Superintendent Jennifer Strachan said the duo - who had been under surveillance since last August - planned "to derail a passenger train" in the Toronto area.
"We are alleging these individuals took steps and conducted activities to initiate a terrorist attack. They watched trains and railways in the Greater Toronto area," Strachan added.
A Toronto lawyer said his client, a local imam, first alerted authorities about one of the suspects, who the imam had noticed trying to spread extremist propaganda to youths within the community, according to a report in local newspaper the Globe and Mail.
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