Iran Was Behind Paris Bomb Plot, State Department Suggests

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani (2nd-L) on October 3, 2015 at Tehran's Mehrabad Airport. Large-scale protests in Iran are now calling for an end to the regime. Atta Kenare/AFP/Getty Images

The Iranian regime may have been behind a foiled terrorist attack in Paris where Iranian opposition leaders were meeting, according to a State Department briefing.

An unnamed senior State Department official gave a press briefing while en route to Brussels, Belgium, on July 10, about a three-day meeting with Saudi officials to coordinate placing stronger pressure on Iran.