2018 attack on the Iranian Embassy in France

The 2018 attack on the Iran Embassy in France was an action on 14 September 2018,[2] Friday afternoon by 15 Kurdish activists who burned the flag of Iran in front of the embassy and broke some windows with stones.[1]

2018 attack on the Iranian Embassy in France
Date14 September 2018
Location
Iran Embassy, Paris, France

48°51′24″N 2°21′03″E
MethodsRioting, online activism
Number
15 Kurdish activists[1]

Background

Radio Farda reported that the attack was organized by France-based Kurdish activists to respond[3] to the missile strike of the IRGC on the headquarters of KDPI in Iraq. According to the Kurdish source, "the assembly was held under French police surveillance."[2]

On 8 September 2018, Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) launched seven[4] Fateh-110 missiles at the headquarters of two Iranian Kurdish opposition parties in the town of Koya, in Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdish region 300 km north of Iraq's capital, Baghdad.[5][6]

Attack

On 14 September 2018, Friday afternoon 15 Kurdish activists made the attack on Iran embassy in Paris. According to a statement on Bahram Ghasemi, the foreign ministry spokesman, officers were called at the initial time of the attack in the outside of the building of embassy. Rebels burned Iran's flag in front of the embassy and broke some windows with stones, but police had not reacted immediately to the protestors on Friday.[7] Also spray-painting graffiti and slightly damaging the diplomatic facility's façade were performed by Kurdish activists.[2]

Reaction

Iran had asked the French government to punish the protesters, Ghasemi, the foreign ministry spokesman said "police in the French capital had not responded promptly to the disturbance on Friday."[7]

See also

References
  1. Bolton, Andrew. "Iran accuses French police of slow reaction to attack on Paris embassy". reuters. Retrieved 15 September 2018.
  2. "Iran Accuses French Police Of Slow Response To Attack On Paris Embassy". Radio Farda. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
  3. Associated Press. "Tehran Knocks Paris Police Response to Embassy Attack". voanews. Retrieved 15 September 2018.
  4. Dubai newsroom. "Iranian Guards claims missile attack on Iraq-based Kurd dissidents". reuters. Retrieved 9 September 2018.
  5. Staff, Writer. "'11 dead' after rockets hit Iranian Kurdish offices in Iraq". aljazeera. Retrieved 8 September 2018.
  6. "Terrorists attack Iran's embassy in Paris: Report". presstv. Retrieved 15 September 2018.
  7. Associated Press. "Iran's embassy in Paris 'attacked by protesters', says Iranian foreign ministry". the guardian. Retrieved 15 September 2018.
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