The Iranian diplomats who were in Damascus managed to leave their embassy before the diplomatic delegation was “attacked”, the English-language newspaper reported today Tehran Timesciting the representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Esmail Bagai.

State television reported that the embassy had been ransacked, showing footage from the Saudi network Al Arabiya.

“Unidentified people attacked the Iranian embassy, ​​as you can see from the images broadcast by various (foreign) channels,” the presenter said.

OR embassy of Russia for its part it reported that its personnel are “well” after the capture of Damascus by the rebels.

“We are fine,” a staff member told the TASS news agency, without elaborating on the diplomats’ whereabouts.

On Friday, the embassy had called on Russian citizens to leave Syria.