Fallout of Paris terror plot continues to haunt Iran The National Council of Resistance of Iran welcomed France’s and Germany’s decisions and called on European countries to take stronger action against Tehran. LONDON - The fallout from a foiled attack on an Iranian anti-government rally in Paris reverberated across Europe after France froze the assets of Iran’s intelligence services and Germany approved the extradition of an Iranian diplomat linked to the plot to Belgium, setting the stage for a potentially embarrassing trial. “This extremely serious act that targeted our territory could not remain unanswered,” a statement by France’s economy, interior and foreign ministries said. Paris specifically tied Iranian diplomat Assadollah Assadi and Deputy Minister and Director General of Intelligence Saeid Hashemi Moghadam to the foiled attack, which targeted a June 30 rally by the National Council of Resistance of Iran in Paris. The moves coincided with ...

No doubt Iran behind foiled Paris attack: French diplomatic source PARIS (Reuters) - French intelligence concluded that Iran’s intelligence ministry, which is controlled by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, ordered a foiled attack on an exiled Iranian opposition group’s rally near Paris in June, a French diplomatic source said. “Behind all this was a long, meticulous and detailed investigation by our (intelligence) services that enabled us to reach the conclusion, without any doubt, that responsibility fell on the intelligence ministry,” the source said. The source added that deputy minister and director general of intelligence Saeid Hashemi Moghadam had ordered the attack.