NEW : Also , an Iranian official said claims by the United States that a high-level U.S. diplomat had met Wednesday with an Iranian counterpart over the plot were untrue . Scholar says plot does not fit Quds Force ` ` M.O . '' Ayatollah Khamenei calls the U.S. allegations `` absurd '' Saudi diplomat : U.S. claims of a meeting with the United States are not true . The the United States alleges Iran was involved in a plot to kill a Iranian official in U.S. .
NEW : Scholar says plot does not fit Quds Force ` ` M.O . '' Ayatollah Khamenei calls the U.S. allegations `` absurd '' Saudi diplomat : U.S. claims of a meeting with the United States are not true . The the United States alleges Iran was involved in a plot to kill a Iranian official in U.S. .