The head of the FBI, Robert Mueller, was careful to say that the alleged Iranian plot to kill the Saudi ambassador in the US read like a storyline from a "Hollywood script". In some ways it tests credulity even beyond Hollywood's wildest imaginings.
The idea of Iran's Quds Force, the special operations arm of the Revolutionary Guards, teaming up with a Mexican drug gang is a double-baddy line out of a straight-to-DVD production. With the plotters discussing their plans on mobile phones and transferring money to a US bank account, it almost seems as if they wanted to get the attention of the FBI.
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