France's Ministry of Foreign Affairs summoned the Iranian chargé d'affaires in France on Tuesday after an attack targeting two French diplomats in Tehran on Sunday, demanding that 'light be shed' on the incident and that the 'perpetrators' be punished.

A spokesperson for the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that 'at the request' of French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot, 'the chargé d'affaires of the Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran was summoned by the Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, following the extremely serious terrorist act' targeting the diplomats, according to Agence France-Presse.

The spokesperson added: 'He was informed of our firm condemnation of this premeditated and deliberate attack.'

He added that France 'expects the Iranian authorities to shed light on this incident, punish its perpetrators, and ensure the security of our premises and personnel, in accordance with their international commitments.'

For his part, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said in a post on Telegram to his French counterpart that the actions of two French diplomats in Tehran were 'unacceptable' and 'unconventional.'

French Foreign Minister Barrot had denounced on Monday that two French diplomats were subjected on Sunday evening to 'an extremely serious terrorist act by the Iranian security services, in flagrant violation of the diplomatic immunities they enjoy.'

He said the diplomats 'were detained for hours without justification, interrogated, and one of them was assaulted' before being allowed to return to the French embassy, where they remained safely before returning to France.

Barrot indicated that he informed his Iranian counterpart Abbas Araghchi that 'this extremely serious and unacceptable violation of the safety of our personnel will not go without consequences.'

The French foreign minister had stressed last week that there would be 'no lifting of sanctions' imposed by the European Union on Iran unless Tehran abandons its nuclear program and destabilizing activities in the region.

Two weeks after the resumption of strikes between Iran and the United States, Tehran intensified its attacks in the Middle East on Tuesday, considering itself in a 'total war' with Washington.