(UTV|COLOMBO) – Brussels, Belgium, France and Germany have detained six people, including an Iranian Diplomat posted in Vienna, over an alleged plot to bomb a weekend rally by an exiled Iranian Opposition group in France, Authorities and sources quoted by the Gulf News on Monday (03).
The apparent foiled attack was meant to have targeted a meeting of thousands of Iranian Opposition supporters just North of Paris that was also attended by leading United States (US) figures, including close allies of President Donald Trump.
The developments came on the day Iranian President Hassan Rouhani arrived in Switzerland on a visit that Tehran said was of “Crucial importance” for cooperation between the Islamic Republic and Europe after the US withdrawal from the Iranian nuclear agreement.
President Rouhani is also due to visit Austria, which currently holds the six-month Presidency of the European Union (EU).
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