TEHRAN – Robbers raided the office of the Iranian president’s international legal affairs department in The Hague, stealing more than 100,000 euros.

In a statement on Saturday, the presidential department confirmed that its office in The Hague had been burglarized, but denied reports that classified documents had been also stolen in the incident.

A section of the rented building of the department’s office in The Hague was robbed on May 16 in the morning, and more than 100,000 euros used for running the branch has been stolen, it added.

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