00:00Their alleged role in the case is yet to be determined,
00:03but France's anti-terrorism prosecutor has confirmed two more people have been arrested
00:08in relation to Saturday's foiled attack on the Bank of America in Paris.
00:13Meanwhile, the custody of three previously arrested suspects, all minors, has been extended.
00:19Police arrested the first minor in the early hours of Saturday
00:23after a patrol aimed at protecting sensitive sites
00:26spotted two people placing and attempting to ignite an improvised explosive device
00:32outside the bank in an upscale neighborhood of the capital.
00:35The second was apprehended hours later in Atis-Mons, south of Paris,
00:40and the third suspect is thought to be one of their friends.
00:44Their profiles are those of delinquents, not of professional terrorists.
00:48On Monday, Interior Minister Laurent Nunez said he wasn't ruling out Iran
00:53as a possible sponsor of the attempted attack.
00:57Generally, intelligence services of this country operate in this way.
01:00They use proxies, a whole chain of command.
01:03They are often petty criminals who carry out actions that target American interests,
01:08the interests of the Jewish community or Iranian dissidents.
01:12Authorities across Europe are investigating Iran's suspected involvement
01:16in a string of attacks on Jewish sites in the last few weeks,
01:20a group called the Islamic Movement of the Righteous Companions
01:23has claimed responsibility for many of them,
01:26including the torching of ambulances belonging to a Jewish charity in London.
01:30Some experts, however, believe this could be an ad hoc group
01:34specifically created to amplify the Iranian threat.
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