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News ID: 57523
Publish Date : 17 September 2018 - 21:44

Iranian Embassy Attacked in Athens



ATHENS (Dispatches) -- A group of anarchists has attacked the Iranian embassy in Athens following similar attack by terrorists on the Iranian diplomatic mission in Paris.
Police officials said that about 10 people armed with iron bars early on September 17 smashed windows in the embassy’s waiting room and threw red paint into the courtyard. Nobody was reported hurt in the attack.
In a statement posted on the Internet, the anarchist Rubicon group claimed it carried out the attack in what they called a gesture of solidarity with the "Kurds of Iran."
The group has carried out a series of similar attacks in Greece in recent years, targeting embassies, companies, and public buildings.
The latest attack in Athens comes days after activists targeted the Iranian embassy in Paris, throwing objects and smashing windows at the building.
Iranian media said the September 14 attack was carried out by about 15 terrorists of anti-Iran Komala group.
The country’s Foreign Ministry accused French police of failing to respond quickly.
The attacks came after Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) had on Friday fired missiles at the terrorist group's headquarters in Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdistan region.
The IRGC said the missile strikes were in response to recent terrorist activities along the Iranian border with Iraq and came after terrorist ringleaders ignored serious warnings by officials from the Iraqi Kurdistan region about the Islamic Republic’s determination to dismantle their bases and the need to end their activities against Iran.