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Arrests in Europe over plot to attack Iran opposition in Paris

People hold pictures of relatives killed by the Mohllas regime at the "Free Iran 2018 - the Alternative" event in Villepinte, north of Paris, on June 30, 2018 during the Iranian resistance national council annual meeting

Belgium, France and Germany have detained six people, including an Iranian diplomat posted in Vienna, over an alleged plot to bomb a weekend rally by an exiled Iranian opposition group in France, authorities and sources said Monday.

The apparent foiled attack was meant to have targeted a meeting of thousands of Iranian opposition supporters just north of Paris that was also attended by leading US figures, including close allies of President Donald Trump.

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