IranianFollowing the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in Tehran, the capital of Turkey, after being detained, protests targeting Iran’s embassies abroad continue as well as protests across the country. Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Denmarkcapital of Copenhagenannounced that an attack was carried out by a person with a knife on the Iranian Embassy campus in Turkey. It was reported that the attacker with a knife, who entered the campus, damaged the vehicles in the embassy and threatened the people around him.
After the incident, Iranian Foreign Minister Hussein Emir Abdullahiyan held a phone call with Ambassador Legend Nadipur in Copenhagen. During the meeting, Abdullahiyan criticized the embassy’s lack of security and said, “Unfortunately, such an attack is being carried out on a woman and ambassador in the heart of Europe, who has diplomatic immunity, and the police do not intervene in a timely manner.”
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EMBASSIES HAVE BEEN TARGETED BEFORE
While detailed information about the knife attack that took place was not shared, the identity of the attacker was not disclosed. In the statement made by the Danish police, it was stated that there were police officers in the Iranian embassy in Copenhagen and Embassy It was announced that a search team was deployed in the vicinity.
After Mahsa Amini’s death, protests were held against Iranian embassies abroad. About 10 days ago, the protests held in front of the Iranian embassy in Oslo, the capital of Norway, turned violent and the police intervened to stop people trying to enter the embassy. At least two people were injured and more than 90 arrested during protests in Norway.
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