Iran blamed the attack on “elements hostile to the Iranian revolution” (Getty)
On Saturday evening, the Iranian embassy in Paris confirmed the accuracy of the reports that it had been attacked at dawn yesterday, noting that the attack was carried out by “elements hostile to the Islamic Revolution.”
A spokesman for the Iranian embassy in France said that the attack targeted the Iranian consulate building at the embassy, and that there was no disruption in the embassy’s activity.
The spokesman said, according to the Iranian Tasnim Agency, that the elements involved in the attack were “under prosecution.”
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The agency reported that “unidentified persons belonging to anti-revolutionary groups, in a despicable move at dawn on Saturday, burned tires in front of the gate of the consulate building at the embassy and caused partial damage to the gate.”
The source pointed out that the fire was extinguished minutes later after the police forces arrived and extinguished the fire, stressing that Iran had begun the necessary follow-ups with the French Foreign Ministry and police authorities to begin judicial investigations into the attack and reach its perpetrators.
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2023-09-09 22:45:10
