Paris criticises French embassy raid by Iranian security services

France criticised Iranian security services on Tuesday following an attack on the ambassador’s residence in Tehran on Sunday. Unidentified security personnel inflicted what the French foreign ministry called “unacceptable acts of violence”.

“On 14 November particularly serious incidents took place at the entry to the ambassadorial residence in Tehran,” according to a statement from the foreign ministry.

“Its entry was blocked by unidentified security services who proceeded to arrest guests of the French ambassador and carried out unacceptable acts of violence against French diplomatic personnel,” it added.

The act violated the 1961 Vienna Convention on diplomatic relations, according to the foreign ministry.