France holds off on Iran envoy nomination

France will not name a new ambassador to Tehran before getting information from Iran following a plot to bomb an Iranian opposition rally in Paris last June, AVA Diplomatic reports.

Iran has said it had nothing to do with the plot, which it called a “false flag” operation staged by figures within the opposition group itself. France’s ambassador to Iran departed in the summer. Iran has also yet to replace its departed ambassador to Paris. “We have a charge d’affaires today in Tehran and there is a high-level dialogue between French and Iranian authorities,” said a French presidential source.

A French diplomatic source said the nomination had indeed been suspended as a result of the alleged plot.