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Iran says French envoy summoned over 'interference' in internal affairs

Iran's foreign ministry spokesman Esmail Baqaei in Tehran, on 10 February, 2026. (File photo)
Iran's foreign ministry spokesman Esmail Baqaei in Tehran, on 10 February, 2026. (File photo) © AFP - Atta Kenare

Iran's foreign ministry has said it had summoned the French ambassador to Tehran to protest the conduct of two diplomats, who were briefly detained earlier this month.

"Yesterday, the French ambassador in Tehran was summoned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, where it was stressed that the French government must cease such actions and such interference in Iran's internal affairs under misleading labels," said the ministry's spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei, during a weekly press briefing.

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