Daily Telegraph, 5 September 2011

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An alleged Libyan extremist who sought political asylum in Britain regularly travelled to Iran from 2002 to provide forged documents to extremists linked to al-Qaeda, secret [MI6] files found in a Tripoli intelligence service building have disclosed.

 

The documents, seen by The Daily Telegraph, unearth British intelligence suspicions about links between Iran and al-Qaeda dating back almost a decade.

The [U.S.] Treasury Department on Thursday accused the Iranian authorities of aiding Al Qaeda [...]  [U.S.] Treasury officials asserted that the Iranian government had entered into an agreement with operatives of the terrorist group and was allowing the country to be used as a transit point for funneling money and people from the Persian Gulf to Pakistan and Afghanistan. [...]

 

“By exposing Iran’s secret deal with Al Qaeda allowing it to funnel funds and operatives through its territory, we are illuminating yet another aspect of Iran’s unmatched support for terrorism,” said David S. Cohen, the [U.S.] Treasury under secretary for terrorism and financial intelligence.