Police responded in and around the building housing the Iranian diplomatic representation in the 16th arrondissement after at least one witness warned that he had seen a suspicious man enter the building brandishing an explosive that looked like a grenade or an explosive belt. Intervened. t French television TF1.

The BRI, an elite police unit specializing in serious criminal cases such as armed robbery and kidnapping, was deployed to investigate. According to the report of Xinhua news agency, BFM TV said that no explosives have been found yet.

The French government raised the country's terror threat level to maximum following the attack on a Moscow concert hall in late March. The recent increase in conflicts in the Middle East has raised new concerns.