montreal. neither man is canadian, and sources tell associated press that one is tunisian, the other from the united arab emirates. canadian authorities say the men got guidance from al-qaeda in iran, but they were not close to carrying out their attack. >> while the rcmp believed the accused had the capacity and intent to carry out these criminal acts, there was no imminent threat to the general public, rail employees, train passengers or infrastructure. >> reporter: rcmp is royal canadian mounted police. they had worked hand in hand with the fbi and homeland security for months. it was an eight month long investigation called project smooth. jenna? jenna: canada is very clear, as we just saw there, about the iran connection. but iran has been denying this as well, steve. so walk us through this. what kind of help specifically is canada saying iran offered these two men? >> reporter: well, it didn't