Tehran accused Paris of “violent treatment” of the protesters and of widespread, blatant human rights abuses.

Iran’s English-language Press TV said the envoy was received by Hamid Ahmadi, the ministry’s acting human rights director-general. By that account, Ahmadi reminded France of its treaty obligations, asked it to look into allegations of excessive force and to create an independent body to review violations of protesters’ rights, and voiced concern over reports that officers had gone into school buildings and classrooms.

Two cases have drawn attention. A teenager aged 15 lost a hand in Lens on Monday after lifting a police grenade that then went off, a police union source told AFP, though that account is unverified. In addition, on Tuesday, a local prosecutor said an officer had been charged with violence over a tear gas grenade fired from short range at a 14-year-old identified as Eden, who lost most of his teeth. The officer was placed under judicial control and barred from working.