The head of Iran`s police, Gen Ismail Ahmadi Moghaddam said Dec.16 that Iran requested 14 years ago the extradition of Monis but Australia refused to hand him over.
Now, Ali Akbar Velayati, an advisor to Ayatollah Khamenei who serves also as the director of the Strategic Research Center of Iran’s Expediency Council called the hostage case an " ignominious plot" of Australian security forces who follow the US.
Velayati added that Australia is not "acceptable country in the world, because it follows the United States` policies," Fars News Agency reported Dec.17.
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