Iran State TV denies the attempt on the President’s life

Iranian state TV has denied the fact that President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad had faced an assassination attempt.

A hand grenade was thrown at Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's convoy on Wednesday as he was on his way to address a crowd in the Western Iranian city of Hamedan, but the leader was not harmed. The president gave his speech as planned and it was broadcast live on state TV.

Iran's state-run Press TV, the government's main English-language broadcast arm, says Ahmadinejad's office has denied the allegation, insisting "no such attack had happened", CBS reports.