French police cordon off Iran consulate in Paris: security source

French police and members of French special police forces of Research and Intervention Brigade secure the area near Iran consulate where a man is threatening to blow himself up, in Paris on April 19, 2024. (Reuters)
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  • Police preparing to enter property at the consulate鈥檚 request

PARIS: French police cordoned off the Iranian consulate in Paris on Friday and were preparing to enter it at the consulate鈥檚 request, after a report that someone had come in with an explosive, a police source said.
鈥淎 witness saw a man enter carrying a grenade or an explosive belt,鈥� the source said, adding that an elite police unit had been mobilized after the consulate requested an intervention.