F rance seized the assets of two Iranian officials on Tuesday in response to what western officials described a terror plot earlier this year that targeted a meeting of Iranian exiles and US officials in a Paris suburb.

Early on Tuesday, French police commandos also raided a Shia Muslim cultural centre in the port city of Dunkirk, seized illegal weapons, and arrested three leaders of the facility in a move that may also been an attempt to stymie Iranian operations in Europe.