(CNN) -- A grenade exploded near the convoy of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad during his visit to a western Iranian city Wednesday, according to Iran's semi-official Fars News Agency and other media outlets.
Ahmadinejad was unhurt, the reports said.
However, the media department at Iran's Presidential Office denied he came under attack. Media advisor Ali Akbar Javanfekr told CNN that the grenade was a toy firecracker and no one was injured. He accused international journalists of blowing the story out of proportion.
Despite the denial, there was an account about the incident on Raja news, a website linked to Ahmadinejad.The site reported there had been a grenade attack and quoted the Fars news account. Someone lobbed a homemade grenade just after the president's motorcade went by, Fars reported. CNN
