Police and private security vehicles outside the Bank of America building in Paris's chic 8th arrondissement, where a man was arrested early Saturday as he appeared to be about to set off a homemade bomb

Police and private security vehicles outside the Bank of America building in Paris's chic 8th arrondissement, where a man was arrested early Saturday as he appeared to be about to set off a homemade bomb

 Sebastien DUPUY

French authorities Wednesday charged a young man in connection with an attempted attack against a Bank of America branch in Paris, as investigators explored suspicions a pro-Iran group was involved.

The plot thwarted before dawn on Saturday came more than a month after US-Israeli strikes on Iran sparked regional conflict, sending energy markets into a tailspin.

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