Bulgaria's Foreign Affairs Ministry

There is no data about any injured Bulgarian citizens in the attacks on Iran's parliament and Ayatollah Khomeini's shrine in Tehran this morning, Bulgaria's Foreign Affairs Ministry said.

There is no immediate threat to the Bulgarian embassy and its personnel, all necessary measures have been taken to ensure the safety of the staff.

Turkey has retaliated to Sofia's decision to declare a Turkish diplomat "persona non grata" by expelling Bulgarian consul Zornitsa Petrova Apostolova, causing both diplomats to leave their posts in the latest indication of heightened tensions between the neighbors following Turkey's rift with Russia over the downing of a Russian jet on Nov. 24, 2015.