No diplomatic staff members were injured or killed in the assault in Aleppo, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman has said
Iran’s consulate in the Syrian city of Aleppo has come under attack by “some terrorist elements,” the Islamic Republic’s Foreign Ministry claimed on Saturday. A former local Al Qaeda affiliate launched a major offensive against the city this week.
The diplomatic mission was attacked by armed militants, the ministry’s spokesman, Esmaeil Baghaei, told journalists, adding that the Iranian consul general and all diplomatic staff members currently in Aleppo were unharmed.
Tehran would provide a “serious” response to the attack, “both legally and internationally,” Baghaei said. The spokesman did not provide any details about the incident.
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