Pakistan envoy to Iran 'attacked by Afghan' in Tehran

[third eye]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8675988.stm


Pakistan's ambassador to Iran has been injured in an attack by an Afghan on his car in Tehran, officials say.

An Iranian foreign ministry spokesman quoted by state-run al-Alam TV said the suspect had already been arrested.

Mohammad Bakhsh Abbasi was taken to hospital after the incident in the Iranian capital and it is not yet known how seriously hurt he is.

Two of the envoy's bodyguards were killed, according to a report on Dubai's al-Arabiya TV.

"The Pakistan ambassador's car has been attacked by an Afghan," foreign ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast was quoted as saying.

"The ambassador has been injured and he is in hospital. The Afghan has been arrested."

A Tehran police chief reportedly said the ambassador had got into a confrontation as he went to a gym he frequents.

"This afternoon while he was on his way he had a clash with a 21-year-old Afghan; he was injured on the head and fell," police chief Hossein Sajedi-Nia told Iran's Isna news agency.

 

[Nima]

I love how it says "attacked by afghan" lol
I really feel bad for Afghans in Iran. We're really racist towards them IMO Although the attacker was Afghan you don't go around saying he was attacked by an Afghan! On the other hand in that region small things can make or break relationships and I guess they really wanted to emphasize that he was Afghan.