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ANKARA (Reuters) – Iran on Monday rejected reports of a threat of suicide bombing at its embassy in Ankara, Iranian television reported on Monday. a Turkish newspaper announced an assault project on the building.
PHOTO FILE: Turkish riot police stand guard at the Iranian Embassy during a demonstration against the role of Iran in Aleppo, Ankara, Turkey, the December 15, 2016. REUTERS / Umit Bektas
The Turkish daily Sozcu said that the embassy had been evacuated after the authorities had been informed of a suicide bombing attack on the building.
However, a Reuters TV cameraman on the scene said that visitors to the embassy said the operations were continuing normally despite increased security in the area.
Police searched the vehicles and the road on which the embassy is located was briefly closed to traffic, he said, adding that the work of the embassy would have been reopened later.
The Iranian Foreign Ministry denied the existence of a bomb threat against the embassy and denied the evacuation of the building, state television reported.
Report by Mert Ozkan and Parisa Hafezi; Written by Tuvan Gumrukcu; Edited by Dominic Evans
