The French Foreign Ministry announced it would summon Iran's ambassador in Paris at the request of Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot, following Iran's closure of a French-language centre linked to its embassy in Tehran. Iran accused the centre of conducting "illegal acts that violated diplomatic conventions," stating it had "abused its status as a language training facility" to "identify and build networks among the country's elite figures while facilitating their departure." Relations between Tehran and Paris have been strained in recent months.