By Zahra Mirzafarjouyan

Macron's remarks endanger peace in France: German expert

TEHRAN – Stating that Macron’s domestic political plans have failed, Dr. Markus Fiedler believes that the French President's irresponsible suspicious remarks endangers the country's peace.

By Zahra Mirzafarjouyan

Macron using irritant comments to mask his failed policies

TEHRAN– Deniz Caner believes that Macron uses provocative comments to mask his mismanagement in the country and the government's unsuccessful economic and social policies.

Leader: Macron’s blasphemy is insult to reason of people who have elected him

TEHRAN – Following French President Macron’s sacrilegious remarks against Islam and its Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Wednesday issued a short message intended to the French youth in which he wanted them to ask their president that why he insults the God’s messenger and calls it “freedom of expression”.

Religious minorities’ representatives slam Macron’s blasphemous remarks

TEHRAN – Representatives of Iran’s religious minorities in the parliament have condemned the recent Islamophobic remarks by French President Emmanuel Macron and his support for blasphemy against Prophet Muhammad (PBUH).

Insulting Prophet Mohammad is an insult to all Muslims: Rouhani

TEHRAN – President Hassan Rouhani on Wednesday denounced the republication of a cartoon in a French satirical newspaper featuring the Prophet Mohammad (PBUH), saying that insulting the Prophet is an insult to all Muslims.

Iran's IRGC, Army denounce Islamophobia in France

TEHRAN – In separate statements, Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) and the Army have denounced French President Emanuel Macron for voicing anti-Muslim sentiments.

Tehran summons French envoy over Macron’s Islamophobic remarks

TEHRAN – Iran’s Foreign Ministry on Monday summoned France’s charge d’affaires Florent Aydalot over President Macron’s Islamophobic remarks.

Tehran slams France’s Macron over Islamophobic remarks

TEHRAN – Iran has strongly criticized French President Emanuel Macron over his anti-Islam stance after Macron described Islam as a religion “in crisis” worldwide.

Zarif hits back at Macron, says Muslims are victims of the ‘cult of hatred’

TEHRAN – Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has censured French President Emanuel Macron for anti-Islam stance, saying Muslims are the primary victims of the “cult of hatred”.

Macron: Europe will not compromise with U.S. over Iran sanctions

TEHRAN — French President Emmanuel Macron said on Tuesday that Europe would not compromise with Washington over its move to reimpose international sanctions on Iran in violation of the 2015 nuclear agreement.

Rouhani, Macron hold phone talks on Lebanon

TEHRAN – President Hassan Rouhani and French President Emmanuel Macron have held a telephone conversation discussing the situation in Lebanon, Alireza Moezi, Rouhani’s deputy head of communications, said in a tweet on Wednesday.

Advisor censures Macron’s intervention in Lebanese affairs

TEHRAN – Hossein Amir Abdollahian, a senior foreign policy advisor to the Iranian Parliament speaker, has criticized French President Emmanuel Macron for interfering in the internal affairs of Lebanon, saying Lebanon can maintain its national unity and independence through unity.

Rouhani to Macron: Initial INSTEX steps positive but ‘not sufficient’

TEHRAN — President Hassan Rouhani has said initial steps to implement the trade mechanism with Europe, also known as INSTEX, are positive but not sufficient.

Ruhollah Zam says after Macron he enjoyed highest security protection in France

TEHRAN - Ruhollah Zam, the operator behind Amad News website and Telegram channel, in the second session of his trial on Sunday said that he had the highest security protection after French President Emmanuel Macron.

Tehran slams Macron for ‘Arab-Persian Gulf’ falsification

TEHRAN — Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi has criticized French President Emmanuel Macron for misnaming the Persian Gulf and for France’s military presence in the region.

By staff and agency

Putin, Macron call for preserving nuclear deal

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Emmanuel Macron, the French president, have called for continued efforts to preserve the 2015 nuclear deal, officially known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action.

E3 states urge Iran to reverse its JCPOA decision

TEHRAN – Iran issued a statement on Sunday announcing suspension of all limits under the 2015 nuclear deal, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, in its fifth and final step in reducing commitments.

Mousavi to Macron: Iran is an independent nation, we don’t need advice 

TEHRAN - The Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman said on Wednesday that his country will not tolerate any interference in its internal affairs, rejecting the French presidents’ call for an immediate release of two detainees who are in Iran’s custody for security reasons. 

By Hanif Ghafari

NATO at zero point!

The NATO summit in London shows clearly that the North Atlantic Treaty is in a serious crisis for its survival. In recent days, Western analysts have analyzed and evaluated various aspects of the tensions and challenges among NATO members. The majority of NATO members are European countries.

By Hamid Bayati

Will NATO follow the same way as the Warsaw Pact?

French President Emmanuel Macron criticized NATO on November 7, calling the current situation of the organization a “brain death”. Macron’s remarks once again led to heated debates regarding a possible collapse of NATO.

Iran not to quit nuclear deal: presidential chief of staff

TEHRAN - Mahmoud Vaezi, President Rouhani’s chief of staff, said on Thursday that Iran does not seek to quit the 2015 nuclear deal, officially known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).

What can we expect from Trump? Is Pastor Chuck Baldwin also a chosen one?

TEHRAN - Robert David Steele, a former Marine Corps infantry officer and CIA spy as well as an activist for Open Source Everything Engineering (OSEE), regularly answers questions for Tehran Times. by Javad Heirannia

*By Robin Wright

Trump’s close-call diplomacy with Rouhani 

On the evening of Tuesday, September 24th, the President of France, Emmanuel Macron, went to see his Iranian counterpart, Hassan Rouhani, at the Millennium Hilton Hotel, across the street from the UN headquarters, in New York.

Rouhani offers condolences over death of Jacques Chirac

TEHRAN – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani sent a message on Thursday to his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron offering condolences to the French people and government over the death of Jacques Chirac, the former French president.

Rouhani: Blaming Iran for Aramco strike ‘groundless’

TEHRAN – President Hassan Rouhani on Monday criticized Britain, Germany and France - known as the European troika or E3 - for issuing a joint statement backing a claim by the United States that Iran is to blame for the September 14 drone attacks on the Saudi Aramco oil facilities, saying the statement is based on "groundless blame game".

Macron’s efforts to yield result if Trump lifts sanctions: Rouhani

TEHRAN – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Tuesday that French President Emmanuel Macron’s efforts to save the 2015 nuclear deal, known as the JCPOA, will yield result only if U.S. President Donald Trump lifts sanctions against Iran.