France freezes Iranian intelligence service assets

France on Tuesday seized the financial assets of two Iranian individuals as well as some belonging to Iran's intelligence services.

France said a foiled plot to bomb an exiled Iranian opposition group's rally outside Paris on June 30 is linked to the asset freezing. The plot was reportedly thanks to crucial intelligence information provided by Israel's Mossad espionage agency. 

Earlier Tuesday, elite police swooped on a Muslim center and several residences in northern France.  

France told its diplomats and Foreign Ministry officials in August to postpone indefinitely all non-essential travel to Iran, citing a foiled bomb plot and a hardening of Tehran’s attitude toward France, according to an internal memo seen by Reuters.