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A terror attack in #Paris against the #Iran-ian main opposition group the #MEK was foiled. Attack due to take place during their conference whose speakers included Rudy #Guilani.The 2 arrested terrorists were a couple of Iranian origin living in Belgium bit.ly/2MJbZir
The Iranian diplomat based at the Iranian embassy is allegedly a member of Iran secret services and reportedly provided the explosives to the couple in #Luxembourg. The #US intelligences services also allegedly provided #Belgium, #France and #Germany with actionable info.
An Iran-ian plot to kill ex #Israel PM #Barak abroad: the background for the "unusual meeting between Shin Bet head and Ehud Barak [was] the concern of an Iranian attempt to harm the former prime minister when he is abroad."
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What a nerve! #Iran summoned the #French ambassador to protest about the the largest opposition Iranian group, the #MEK ,conference held in Paris over the weekend that the Iranian services incidentally allegedly planned to attack with explosives. bit.ly/2zkUd3d
#France has told its diplomats & FM officials to postpone indefinitely all non-essential travel to #Iran, citing a foiled bomb plot and a hardening of #Tehran’s attitude towards France. France has had a stormy relation with the mullahs since 1979. reut.rs/2Mzw0we
The #Iran-ian opposition group #MEK identified a senior regime official it claims is responsible for plotting an expanded programme of terrorist attacks in #Europe. #Iran has allegedly stepped up its terror activities in the West since the start of 2018. bit.ly/2QsrGgt
#France froze the assets of the interior security section of #Iran’s Intelligence Ministry as well as those of 2 Iranians, one a diplomat who is a suspect in an alleged aborted bid to attack the #MEK-an Iranian exile group- conference in #Paris #Villepinte bit.ly/2P51OGj
Linked to the #Iran-sponsored attack in #Paris, some 200 police officers raided the headquarters in #Dunkirk of a Shiite Islamic association and the homes of its leaders who are suspected of supporting "terrorist organisations". 11 people were arrested. bit.ly/2IvXnSx
The Shiite #Zahra Center raided today is also suspected of having provided support for #Iran-ian terror activities in #France, including in the 30 June plot in #Villepinte. It is allegedly also a big supporter of #Lebanese terror group #Hezbollah & #Hamas. bit.ly/2zLRNbI
The worsening of French-Iranian relations could translate in a redux of the 1985-86 #Iran-led terror campaign in #France. Attacks carried out by #Hezbollah or other Iranian proxies in #France or against #French interests around the world are likely. French authorities worried.
#US officials have condemned #Iran over foiled bomb plot in #Paris that France blames on #Tehran. Reason why Europe need to impose more economic pressure on Iran. NSA Bolton welcomed France's response:"What the French have done is exactly the right thing." nbcnews.to/2Nsx0hc
An #Iran-ian diplomat and three other individuals were charged by #Belgium on Wednesday with planning to bomb a meeting of an exiled Iranian opposition group- the #MEK- in #France in June. bit.ly/2C6WCxX
France has expelled very discreetly an Iranian diplomat in response to a failed plot to carry out a bomb attack at a rally near Paris organized by the #MeK, an exiled Iranian opposition group. France accused Iran's leadership for the failed attack. reut.rs/2OU37Mt
Yet again another foiled #Iran-ian-led terror attack abroad: this time in #Denmark, The head of #Danish security service said it had thwarted a suspected Iranian intelligence attempt to kill the leader of a Danish-Iranian opposition group last month. dailym.ai/2OZdJtr
#Iran-ians with fake #Israel-i passports detained in #Bulgaria.
It is unclear, how they traveled through #Turkey and why they sought to enter Bulgaria posing as Israelis. bit.ly/2PIsh04
It is unclear, how they traveled through #Turkey and why they sought to enter Bulgaria posing as Israelis. bit.ly/2PIsh04
The #Dutch government has accused #Iran of hiring criminal gangs to murder two Iranian dissidents in the #Netherlands bit.ly/2FbVbk8
2 men have been arrested in #California for spying for #Iran. The men’s goal, authorities say, was to conduct surveillance on #Israel-i and #Jewish facilities in the #US, and to collect information on members of the opposition group #MEK. lat.ms/2VUWYzh
The men also flew back and forth between #Iran and #LosAngeles International Airport, and appeared to be assembling “target packages” — dossiers that would “enable an intelligence or military unit to find, fix, track and neutralize a threat,”
#France Interior Minister has asked for the banning of four Shiite extremist organisations that preached armed jihad and support terrorist groups such as #Hezbollah, #Hamas and #Palestinian Islamic Jihad. bit.ly/2TmfbDk
#Europe would have to reimpose sanctions on #Iran if #Tehran reneged on parts of the 2015 nuclear deal with world powers, a #French presidency source said Tuesday. bit.ly/2Wy2hVe
#US Secretary of State #Pompeo arrived in the #UK #London on a delicate mission aimed at convincing #Washington's crucial #European ally to back its tough stances on #Iran and #China- the #Huawei 5G contract-. yhoo.it/2LwVpGL
Unsurprising tactic: Dissidents are being terrorised by “armed” #Iran-ian agents on the streets of #Scotland who threatened to kill them and their families in Iran if they did not halt their political opposition. bit.ly/30lr0OX
#Iran said Monday its views have been converging with those of #France on ways to save a nuclear deal at risk of unravelling since the #US withdrew last year. yhoo.it/2lzBlXn
#Macron had allegedly proposed offering Iran a $15B line of credit on condition it returns to the fold. "Macron has proposed Iran stop its third step for now in exchange for this sum, and maybe retreat from its first and second steps to the initial situation," Iranian MP Motahari
