An armed man entered the Iranian consulate in Paris early Friday morning and threatened to blow himself up, police said.
The man entered the building carrying a suspected grenade and an explosive vest at around 11am French time (10am BST) before being arrested by police and the area cordoned off. Reuters reports.
French authorities have not said whether this is in any way linked to ongoing tensions between Iran and Israel.
No one was reportedly injured in the incident, but French police advised people to avoid the area and parts of the nearby metro network were closed.
The Iranian Embassy building is located in the Rue Fresne area, close to the Eiffel Tower and the Seine – a historic district popular with tourists.
According to reports, the perpetrator, a French-Iranian in his sixties, allegedly burned tires in front of the embassy last Tuesday (April 9). According to French news outlet Europe1.
The suspect reportedly entered the same room as the ambassador to one of the two countries before his arrest.
The news outlet also claimed the person suffered from mental illness, but did not name it.
When police searched the man, he did not have any active explosives on him, regardless of his appearance.
The news comes as tensions between Iran and Israel may be at their highest level in generations after Israel carried out retaliatory attacks on Iranian territory overnight, with explosions heard in the central city of Isfahan.
Regional security experts say I A massive Israeli attack on Iranian territory could accelerate the country’s progress toward nuclear weapons.
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