An Iranian newspaper yesterday dismissed alleged Israeli plot to assassinate Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as state terrorism.

"The Zionist regime will never dare to assassinate the Iranian president, its explicit threat will increase Islamic nations' hatred of Israel," the Tehran Times said in an editorial.

Saturday's edition of the Israeli daily Haaretz quoted an Israeli security official as saying that Israeli Mossad intelligence agency is plotting an assassination on Ahmadinejad and the Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haneya.

"The publication of such news in the Israeli media and the clear statements of Zionist officials about assassination were violations of international law, these indicate that Israel is still vigorously pursuing a policy of state terrorism," said the paper.

Tehran Times also urged international community, mainly the United Nations, to immediately condemn the threat of the Zionist regime and to take serious measures against the state-sponsored terrorism.

It also attacked the United States for indulging Israel while accusing Iran of sponsoring terrorists.

"When both the U.S. and its western allies encourage Israel to commit such crimes and to intensify its state-sponsored terrorism, we can not expect to see global terrorism eradicated," the daily stressed.

Violence always begets violence, it added.

"If state-sponsored terrorism, which the Zionist regime is trying to develop, is not addressed, it will eventually become a blind terrorism that will threaten global security," it added.

Israeli President Moshe Katsav has described Ahmadinejad's regime as "the most hostile" since the 1979 Islamic Revolution after the hardline Iranian President called for Israel to be wiped off the map.