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Pakistani envoy discharged from hospital in Tehran

IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency

Tehran, May 12 , IRNA -- Pakistani Ambassador to Tehran Mohammad Bakhsh Abbasi was discharged from hospital on Wednesday after receiving medical treatment for slight injury he suffered in an attack.

Abbasi was admitted to the hospital in Tehran immediately after he was attacked by an Afghan national and slightly injured on Tuesday.

Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin Mihman-Parast on Tuesday confirmed the attack, expressing disgust at the incident.

He said the ambassador is in good condition now.

Mihman-Parast added the assailant has been arrested.

The spokesman said the attack occurred when the ambassador was on walk in a street in northern Tehran.



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