The Iranian daily Kayhan, which is close to Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, states that the U.S. is behind the Mumbai attacks, either alone or in cooperation with England and Israel.
The IRGC weekly Sobh-e Sadeq also states that the U.S., England, and Israel carried out the attacks, because of their resemblance to the 9/11 attacks "[also] carried out by them."
The weekly said that the attacks were aimed at forcing Pakistan to cancel contracts that it signed with China for building nuclear reactors, to withdraw in the face of the American aggression against Al-Qaeda in the Sahrad region (in eastern Pakistan near the Indian border), and to relinquish its interests in Afghanistan in favor of the U.S.
The weekly assessed that the Indian government too was involved in the attacks, out of a desire to force territorial and political concessions on Pakistan.
Sources: Kayhan, Iran, December 10, 2008; Sobh-e Sadeq, Iran, December 8, 2008
