BAKU, Azerbaijan, July 27. Foreign diplomatic
missions in Tehran, particularly those of European countries, are
continuing their work without disruption, Iranian Foreign Ministry
spokesperson Esmail Baghaei said.


Speaking at a press conference in Tehran on July 27, Baghaei
said that speculation had recently emerged about the operations of
some foreign diplomatic missions in the Iranian capital, but the
countries concerned later dismissed those reports.


"Although rumors have been circulated about the situation of
certain embassies in Tehran, the countries concerned subsequently
rejected those claims. Given that it is currently the summer
season, the travel and rotation of diplomats is a normal process,"
he said.


Baghaei added that France’s ambassador to Tehran was summoned to
the Foreign Ministry on Sunday, where he was presented with an
official note of protest.


He said France had taken steps under the guise of diplomatic
activities that, according to Tehran, were not in line with the
Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations.


"The French ambassador was told that the French government
should refrain from interfering in Iran’s domestic affairs under
misleading pretexts such as ‘promoting human rights’ or ‘supporting
the public’," Baghaei said.


Recent reports have suggested that some foreign diplomatic
missions in Iran had suspended or scaled back their operations amid
heightened regional tensions.


Tensions between the United States and Iran over Tehran’s
nuclear program escalated after the two sides failed to achieve
concrete results in negotiations. On February 28, the United States
and Israel launched airstrikes against Iran, while Tehran responded
with missile and drone attacks targeting Israel and US facilities
in the region. A ceasefire agreement was reached between the sides
on April 7 through Pakistan’s mediation.


On June 18, Iran and the United States signed a peace
memorandum. The document was signed by Iranian President Masoud
Pezeshkian and US President Donald Trump and entered into force on
June 19.


Relations between Washington and Tehran saw another escalation
on July 8. On that day, US forces carried out several waves of
strikes on Iranian territory, reportedly in response to an attack
on a commercial vessel in the Strait of Hormuz, marking the first
such action after the memorandum signed between Washington and
Tehran. US President Donald Trump announced the same day that the
ceasefire with Iran had been suspended.


In response, Tehran began strikes against US facilities located
in Bahrain, Jordan, Qatar, Kuwait, the UAE and Oman.