"This move and scenario came about under the pressure of the US government and the Zionist regime [of Israel]’s security apparatus in cooperation with some anti-Iran terrorist groups on the basis of unfounded allegations … We regard this injudicious move, which has been imposed on this country (Albania), as part of a policy of disrupting and straining Iran’s foreign relations, especially with Europe," the ministry’s spokesman Bahram Qassemi was quoted as saying by the ministry's press service.
Meanwhile, US National Security Adviser John Bolton wrote on Twitter on Wednesday that Albania had expelled the Iranian ambassador from the country.
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Earlier in the day, Albanian media reported that Tirana had expelled two Iranian diplomats over their involvement in the preparation of an attempted terror attack against an Israeli football team back in 2016.