A senior Iranian lawmaker has raised doubt about the US claim that al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden has been killed by American forces near Islamabad.

“We are not sure how accurate the announcement made by the United States is as they have in the past claimed that Bin Laden has been killed,” head of the Parliament (Majlis) National Security and Foreign Policy Commission Alaeddin Boroujerdi was quoted by ISNA as saying on Monday, May 2.

”Today, 47 or 48 countries have military forces in Afghanistan,” he said.

“They haven't accomplished much even if in fact they (the US) are telling the truth about having killed Bin Laden after ten years,” Boroujerdi concluded, The Washington Times reported.