France is boosting security, including around Jewish and US sites on its territory, because of the conflict between Israel and Iran, the country’s interior minister said in a domestic order sent on Saturday.
“Special vigilance” must be given “to all sites that could be targeted by terrorist or malicious acts by a foreign power,” French Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau said in a dispatch to regional security chiefs that was seen by AFP.
Interior minister orders ‘special vigilance’ against ‘malicious acts by a foreign power,’ as fear of terror plots grows amid Israel’s campaign against Tehran’s nuclear program
He said security should be heightened around “places of worship, schools, state and institutional buildings, sites with high traffic,” including “festive, cultural or religious gatherings.”
The order applied also to “Israeli and US interests as well as to establishments in the Jewish community,” the dispatch said.
Israel, on early Friday, began attacking Iran’s nuclear program, missile sites and military leadership. Tehran has accused Washington of complicity in the attack, which the US has denied, saying it knew of the attack beforehand but was not militarily involved.
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