Iran embassy in Ankara evacuated after ‘bomb warning’

Iran’s envoy to Turkey is evacuated from the embassy in Ankara after a warning of a possible bomb threat, local media reports.

The mission in the Turkish capital had been given intelligence warning of a possible suicide bomb attack, DHA news agency reports, without giving further details.

Police conduct searches of cars close to the embassy after the road was shut off, an AFP photographer says.

AFP

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