Tehran, Aug. 15 -- Iran's Intelligence Ministry on Saturday said that two French diplomats were detained over alleged foreign interference during a national security investigation before being handed over to the French ambassador, according to the state news agency IRNA.

In a statement, the ministry said intelligence units encountered the two diplomats while carrying out a judicial order to arrest two suspects as part of an investigation into "foreign infiltration and interference".

After verifying the diplomats' identities, authorities notified the Iranian Foreign Ministry before handing them over to the French ambassador to Iran under diplomatic police escort, IRNA reported.

The ministry said that while it was investigating the suspe...