France says Iran was behind foiled bomb attack

The details: Four people were arrested in connection with the plot. It was to target a Paris rally by Mujahedeen el Khalq (MEK) — an active opposition group, hated by the Iranian establishment and considered a terror group in several countries, but praised by some conservative U.S. politicians like Rudy Giuliani and Newt Gingrich. Two Iranians believed to have been involved — former diplomat Assadollah Asadiand and suspected former senior Iranian intelligence official Saeid Hashemi — have had their assets frozen.

• France's foreign affairs, economic, and interior ministries said in a joint statement, per the Guardian: "This extremely serious attack that was to take place on our territory cannot go without a response."
• Iran's foreign ministry "forcefully" denied the allegations, calling it a conspiracy to "sabotage Iran's ancient and long-standing relations with France and other significant European countries," the Guardian reports.