Paris will expel two Iranian diplomats posted in France in retaliation for Iran banning two French diplomats in the embassy in Tehran, the French foreign minister said on Tuesday, APA reports citing AFP.
"Two Iranian diplomats in France will be expelled in the coming days," Jean-Noel Barrot said on X, adding the move was a consequence of the "intolerable" treatment of the French diplomats who were briefly detained last month in Tehran over accusations of "interference".
The Iranian foreign ministry on Monday said it had informed France that the two French diplomats would not be allowed to return to Iran.
He said they had suffered "an extremely serious act of intimidation" at the hands of Iran's security service, with one of them physically abused.
"It is precisely because France stands shoulder to shoulder with the Iranian people, supporting their artists, scientists and researchers, that two French diplomats were scandalously and deliberately attacked on 19 July," Barrot said on Tuesday.
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