Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei has strongly condemned an attack by armed terrorist groups on the Islamic Republic’s consulate building in Syria’s northwestern city of Aleppo, stressing that Tehran will take legal action against the assault,
Press TV reports.
Baghaei made the remarks in a statement on Saturday, after Iran said that "terrorist elements" had attacked its consulate in Aleppo during an offensive in the area, following the resurgence of Takfiri terrorism in the Arab country.
He further denounced as “unacceptable” any violation of the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations (1963), which prohibits such attacks against diplomatic premises and representatives.
The top Iranian diplomat further noted that all consulate staff members were safe and in good health.
