France "summoned" Iran's ambassador after security agents confronted its diplomat in Tehran. A French diplomatic source announced that France's deputy ambassador in Tehran was "scared" of people who presented themselves as security agents of the Islamic Republic in early October. This source told Agence France-Presse on Tuesday, November 5, that the French Foreign Ministry had summoned the Islamic Republic's ambassador to Paris in response to this incident. According to this source, it was strongly emphasized to the Iranian ambassador that the authorities of the Islamic Republic must take all necessary measures to ensure the safety of the employees and the diplomatic places of France. The French magazine "Le Poin", which first published this news, reported that Iranian security agents forcibly arrested the French diplomat in the street and handed him over for intensive interrogation, in violation of his diplomatic immunity. This is the second case of dealing with French diplomats in Tehran in less than four months. In July of this year, two diplomats of the French Embassy in Tehran were arrested and interrogated by Iranian security forces for several hours while they were staying in a private place. At the time, Paris announced that the phones of these two diplomats were seized and they were unable to contact the embassy, ​​and one of them was also beaten. At the same time, the French foreign minister, Jean-Noël Barreau, called this action "premeditated" and a violation of diplomatic immunity, and France summoned the Iranian affairs minister to Paris in protest. According to relatives of those arrested, two Iranian graphic designers were also arrested after a business meeting with French diplomats as part of the "Villa Zadig" cultural project affiliated with the French Embassy. After this incident, the Islamic Republic banned the activities of two French diplomats in Iran, and France expelled two diplomats from the Iranian embassy in Paris in a countermeasure. Also, in September, the Iranian authorities closed a French-language training center adjacent to the country's embassy on the charge of "illegal activity"; An action that Paris called "unacceptable" and announced the possibility of taking countermeasures.

France "summoned" Iran's ambassador after security agents confronted its diplomat in Tehran. A French diplomatic source announced that France's deputy ambassador in Tehran was "scared" of people who presented themselves as security agents of the Islamic Republic in early October. This source told Agence France-Presse on Tuesday, November 5, that the French Foreign Ministry had summoned the Islamic Republic's ambassador to Paris in response to this incident. According to this source, it was strongly emphasized to the Iranian ambassador that the authorities of the Islamic Republic must take all necessary measures to ensure the safety of the employees and the diplomatic places of France. The French magazine "Le Poin", which first published this news, reported that Iranian security agents forcibly arrested the French diplomat in the street and handed him over for intensive interrogation, in violation of his diplomatic immunity. This is the second case of dealing with French diplomats in Tehran in less than four months. In July of this year, two diplomats of the French Embassy in Tehran were arrested and interrogated by Iranian security forces for several hours while they were staying in a private place. At the time, Paris announced that the phones of these two diplomats were seized and they were unable to contact the embassy, ​​and one of them was also beaten. At the same time, the French foreign minister, Jean-Noël Barreau, called this action "premeditated" and a violation of diplomatic immunity, and France summoned the Iranian affairs minister to Paris in protest. According to relatives of those arrested, two Iranian graphic designers were also arrested after a business meeting with French diplomats as part of the "Villa Zadig" cultural project affiliated with the French Embassy. After this incident, the Islamic Republic banned the activities of two French diplomats in Iran, and France expelled two diplomats from the Iranian embassy in Paris in a countermeasure. Also, in September, the Iranian authorities closed a French-language training center adjacent to the country's embassy on the charge of "illegal activity"; An action that Paris called "unacceptable" and announced the possibility of taking countermeasures.