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Iran calls US kidnapping allegations 'Hollywood-like'

The US government has accused Iran of seeking to kidnap an American journalist in New York, but the Iranian Foreign Ministry called the allegations "ridiculous."

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Masih Alinejad speaks onstage during Tina Brown's 7th Annual Women in the World Summit at David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center on April 8, 2016, in New York City. — Jemal Countess/Getty Images

Iran has dismissed US allegations that its intelligence services planned to kidnap an American journalist.

Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Saeed Khatibzadeh called the news “baseless” on Wednesday and compared it to a movie plot, according to the semi-official Fars News Agency.

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