WorldPingIranian authorities on Sunday shut down the French Language Centre (CLF) in Tehran, alleging the French embassy-linked institute conducted "illegal acts that violated diplomatic conventions" and "abused its status as a language training facility".
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Iran accuses the French language centre of conducting 'illegal acts that violated diplomatic conventions'.
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