Tehran called on Tuesday for talks with Paris to clear”misunderstanding”over an alleged bomb plot targeting an exiled opposition group near the French capital.<\/p>\n
“If there is a misunderstanding… about a thing that does not exist, be it a conspiracy by others or a mistake, we can sit down and talk about it,”Iranian foreign ministry spokesman Bahram Ghasemi told AFP in an interview.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
The only way to overcome the issue was through”the art of diplomacy,”he said.”We know of no other way.”<\/p>\n
French authorities on Tuesday accused Iran’s intelligence ministry of being behind a foiled plot to bomb a meeting of the People’s Mujahedeen of Iran (MEK), according to a French diplomatic source.<\/p>\n
Tehran considers the MEK a”terrorist group”.<\/p>\n
France also announced it was freezing the assets of two suspected Iranian intelligence operatives and those belonging to Iran’s ministry of intelligence and security.<\/p>\n
One of the operatives is an Iranian diplomat who was arrested in Germany.<\/p>\n
“This extremely serious act envisaged on our territory could not go without a response,”France’s interior, foreign and economy ministers said in a rare joint statement.<\/p>\n
Ghasemi, however, said that”I vehemently deny”all these accusations”completely and forcefully.”<\/p>\n
“When the base issue is wrong and no more than an allegation, basing other hypotheses on such a claim is totally useless and wrong,”he said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
“You cannot accuse the intelligence ministry or anyone else working at it of being involved in an unconfirmed thing.<\/p>\n
“Iran can definitely cooperate to fix any misunderstanding between France and Iran, or any other country in the region or Europe,”said Ghasemi.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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