Iran accuses rajavi’s MKO over Paris rally bomb plot

Iran has accused an exiled opposition group of orchestrating an alleged plot to bomb one of its own rallies near Paris and said a couple arrested in Belgium were actually members of the group.

Belgium, France and Germany detained six people over the alleged plan to bomb a weekend rally of Massoud Rajavi’s Mujahedeen-e Khalq Organisation (MKO) in the Paris suburb of Villepinte. Tehran has dismissed accusations it was behind the plot. In a fresh statement, the Foreign Ministry said it was the MKO itself that was behind the “scenario”.

“Based on the information available, the individuals arrested in Belgium are among the ... Notorious and operational elements” of the People’s Mujahedeen, the Ministry said on its website.