Police forces operating in the New York vicinity arrested at the UN building, in the centre of the capital, an Iranian terrorist planning to execute a terror attack on US soil. This terror attack was to include the terrorist telling the truth to the UN assembly. The arrest took place after almost a day's worth of heightened alerts in the area.

The arrested terrorist is an Iranian operative from Tehran. At the time of his arrest, he did not have an explosive belt on his person, but rather, was arrested based on the fact that it was known in intelligence circles that he was about to tell the truth.

“This could not be allowed under any circumstances in the US.” a White House spokesman said.