On 11 May 2010, the Pakistani Ambassador to Iran Mohammad Bax Abbasi, survived an assassination attempt on his life in Tehran. The Pakistani ambassador was injured in the attack. This was a second attack on a Pakistan mission; the first attack took place in the Pakistan embassy in 2009.
According to the Iranian news sources and police investigations, the attacker was a 21-year-old "Afghan citizen" with whom the ambassador were involved in some altercation. According to the Pakistani news media, the ambassador was in the hospital sustained minimal injuries. Abbasi has been a banker prior to his appointment to this diplomatic assignment. The Iranian Students' News Agency (ISNA) also reported that the "ambassador was on his way he had a clash with an attacker, he was injured on the head and fell. The attacker was arrested by the Iranian police and Tehran prosecutor-general told IRNA news agency that: "during the interrogation, the accused said he wanted to mug the ambassador." After a check-up at the local hospital, the ambassador was discharged from the hospital on May 13, 2010.
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