Iran Bars French Embassy Staff, Accuses Them of Vienna Convention Breach

Iran announced that two staff members of the French Embassy in Tehran are barred from returning to the country, accusing them of violating the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations. This declaration came against the backdrop of their involvement in activities described as supporting civil society. The spokesperson for the Iranian Foreign Ministry, Esmail Baghaei, stated in a weekly press conference that the French officials breached the Convention by engaging in activities aimed at supporting civil society institutions within Iran. Baghaei considered any attempt to justify these actions as an implicit admission of the violation, without providing further details on the nature of the mentioned activities or the targeted parties.