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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's motorcade was not attacked by a grenade on Wednesday, an official in his media office told AFP

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's motorcade was not attacked by a grenade on Wednesday, an official in his media office told AFP, explaining that an explosion was from a "firecracker."

"It was a firecracker, and a statement will be released soon," the source said.

He was responding to reports on a conservative website that a hand grenade had exploded next to a vehicle carrying reporters accompanying the president in the western city of Hamedan.

Iran's Arabic-language Al-Alam TV reported that the firecracker was set off to cheer the president.

Ahmadinejad later delivered a live televised speech to locals gathered in a stadium and made no reference to the alleged incident.

The hardliner claimed this week that "Zionists" want to assassinate him.

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