Berlin, Nov 29, IRNA
Foreign Minister of Germany Guido Westerwelle, in a phone conversation with his Iranian counterpart Ali-Akbar Salehi early Thursday morning, officially and strongly condemned an attack by a group of invaders on Iran's embassy in Berlin.
Westerwelle voiced deep regret of the German government over the incident which took place wednesday afternoon when
a group of assailants invaded the premises of the Iranian embassy in Berlin and sprayed color on its walls. Berlin police said about 30 were involved in the incident.
The invaders who were well equipped despite their small number had telescopic sliding ladder and heavy duty cable cutter scissors which enabled them to climb the wall and cut the barbed wire in shortest possible time and passed over the ling iron-bar fence, entering the embassy premises.
The other noteworthy point was the presence of a number of reporters and journalists in the vicinity of the embassy at the time of the invasion of the law breakers. This proves that the invasion had been preplanned through certain channels.
Violating the security of the Iranian diplomatic office in Berlin occurred while the German police forces had been informed by the embassy staff since Wednesday morning for several times, but they refrained from performing their duties properly by attending the scene too late.
Voicing deep regret over the attack, the German FM stressed that Berlin would take due measures to prevent similar events in the future.
He said that some were arrested in this connection.
Westerwelle assured Tehran that the arrested invaders would be put on trial.
Iran's FM, for his part, called the incident as regretful stressing that Tehran had expected the government and police of Germany to avoid the incident as thery were being informed earlier in the day by the Iranian embassy staff and as it was their duty to provide security of foreign diplomats.
Salehi strongly called on the German government to investigate the case and put on trial those involved in the invasion.
© IRNA 2012
