Saudi Embassy has not verified identity of ‘Bin Laden daughter’

TEHRAN, Dec. 27 (MNA) -- Iran announced on Sunday that the Saudi Arabian Embassy in Tehran has not verified the identity of a person that they claim is Osama bin Laden’s daughter.


“The Saudi Embassy has not yet made any efforts to verify the identity of the person (that they) claim is Bin Laden’s daughter,” Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast told the official news agency IRNA.


According to the Saudi Embassy, the person entered Iran illegally and is now seeking to obtain new documents in order to leave the country, Mehmanparast said.


“But the immigration office has told the Saudi Embassy that according to Iranian law, her identity must be verified by the Saudis before any process pertaining to her departure can start,” the Foreign Ministry spokesman explained.


“We cannot do anything before verifying the identity of the person, and so far the Saudi story is just a claim,” he added.


Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said late on Thursday that the Saudi Embassy announced “some time ago” that one of Bin Laden’s daughters had taken refuge at the embassy.


However, Mottaki said the identity of the person has not yet been verified by the Iranian Foreign Ministry.


Talking on the Iranian TV show “Special Program”, Mottaki said the Foreign Ministry has informed the Saudi Arabian Embassy that if the person’s identity is verified, she can leave the country with a transit card.