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2024-02-17 21:58

UN Special Rapporteur says Oct. 7 attacks were 'in response to Israel's oppression'

GENEVA — Francesca Albanese, the UN Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories, rejected French President Emmanuel Macron’s remarks that the October 7 Hamas attack was the “largest anti-Semitic massacre of the 21st century.”

2023-10-15 21:47

Raisi to Macron: Zionist regime’s actions reminiscent of Nazi behavior

TEHRAN - In response to a phone call from Emmanuel Macron, the President of France, President Ebrahim Raisi of Iran strongly condemned the criminal attacks by the Zionist regime on the Gaza Strip and expressed concern about the situation in the besieged enclave.

2023-08-28 23:18

France seeking to return to Iran nuclear deal: Macron

TEHRAN – France would like to return to the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran and have clear information on Iran’s nuclear activities, President Emmanuel Macron said in a speech to French diplomats on Monday, Nour News reported.

2023-07-09 21:51

Ali Karbalaei

France faces UN criticism

TEHRAN - A United Nations committee has called on France to urgently address the causes of racial discrimination.

2023-07-01 00:03

By Mohammad Sarfi

Shooting at chronic wound

"That morning, he kissed me and said, 'Mom, I love you.' He went out to buy McDonald's, and I went to work. An hour later, they told me my son was killed by a gunshot." This is the account of the mother of a teenage boy who was killed on Tuesday in the western suburbs of Paris and is scheduled to be buried today, Saturday.

2023-06-10 21:23

Raisi, Macron seek roadmap for engagement

TEHRAN- The presidents of Iran and France on Saturday discussed measures to enhance relations and come to an agreement on a plan for future interaction, a senior government source in Tehran said.

Spoons and cooking pots revolution against Macron

2023-04-24 23:13

Pots and pans revolution against Macron

Since President Macron launched his drive to raise France’s retirement age to 64, protesters have responded by setting fire to bins, hurling paving stones and even hanging him in effigy.

2023-04-24 18:11

Pots and pans revolution against Macron

Since President Macron launched his drive to raise France’s retirement age to 64, protesters have responded by setting fire to bins, hurling paving stones and even hanging him in effigy. France’s constitutional court has approved the president’s plans to raise the retirement age, and this action of the parliament made the situation worse Now his attempt to make peace with his people risks being drowned out by the clatter of ladles against cooking pots.

2023-04-15 21:32

Return of protests to French streets

Union activists barged into the Paris headquarters of luxury goods company LVMH (LVMH.PA) on Thursday, saying the French government should shelve plans to make people work longer for their pension and tax the rich more instead.

2023-04-15 11:08

By Ali Karbalaei

Macron acknowledges EU is Washington’s “vassal”

TEHRAN- The French President’s remarks sparked a backlash abroad as he faces mass protests at home. Both issues are linked.

2023-04-08 21:45

Expert says China can ease international trade through mending Iran-Europe ties: expert

TEHRAN - An expert on international relations argues that China as a great economic power has the ability to mend the ties between Iran and Europe and thereby facilitate trade between Iran and the European continent.

Macron and Xi call for Ukraine peace talks

2023-04-07 11:38

Macron says counting on Xi to 'bring Russia to its senses' over Ukraine

Macron in China, asks Xi to help end Ukraine war

French President Emmanuel Macron has asked Chinese leader Xi Jinping to urge Russia, a close ally, to end the war in Ukraine, Press TV reported.

2023-02-19 22:58

By Sadeq Fereydounabadi

A Confederacy of Dunces

TEHRAN – Unlike previous years, officials in charge of the Munich Security Conference refrained from inviting Iranian and Russian officials despite the fact that the West urgently needs to foster dialogue with the two powers.

2023-01-31 22:29

Iran rejects U.S., French remarks

TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani has reacted to remarks by U.S., French, and Ukrainian officials on Iran.

2023-01-31 22:25

By Faramarz Kuhpayeh

The confession that revealed everything

TEHRAN – In what can be rightfully billed as a Freudian slip, one of the most prominent figures lobbying for regime change in Iran in the Western corridors of power revealed how Western media hype about Iran has fallen short of even convincing its architects.

2022-12-31 22:39

Paris was forced to acknowledge reality about Iran regional influence: MP

TEHRAN – A senior Iranian lawmaker has commented on remarks by French President Emmanuel Macron regarding Iranian influence in the region, saying the remarks were made out of desperation.

2022-12-28 20:43

By Muslim Shaito, head of the Russian-Arab Cultural Center

Does Macron want to sit on two chairs?

The conference that took place was not even a French initiative to support Volodymyr Zelensky, but just another meeting of representatives of the Western bloc, who decided: how can they again skillfully build a scheme of grey financial flows through Ukraine?

2022-12-25 23:23

Macron admits Iran's regional influence

TERHAN – A Lebanese newspaper has slanted French President Emmanuel Macron’s remarks on Iran’s influence in the West Asia region during a summit in Jordan last week.

2022-12-07 21:20

Khatib calls Macron a naïve who disgraced himself by meeting a ‘political clown'

CIA dictates to Macron what to say: Iran’s intelligence chief

TEHRAN – Iranian Intelligence Minister Seyyed Esmaeil Khatib has said it is no longer necessary that the U.S. president set policies for French President Emmanuel Macron, rather it is the CIA that tells him “what to say and what position to take”.

2022-12-02 20:57

Biden, Macron issue joint statement on Iran

TEHRAN- After a meeting at the White House on Thursday, U.S. President Joe Biden and French President Emmanuel Macron issued a joint statement that part of it made accusations against Iran.

2022-11-14 23:37

By Mehran Shamsuddin

Mock Revolution; Enter Macron!

TEHRAN – While all world leaders have cautiously have sought to make cautious remarks about the developments in Iran, French President Emanuel Macron got ahead of himself and called Iran’s unrest a “revolution.”

2022-09-30 21:33

‘I complained about France’s double standards regarding human rights’

Raisi says he lamented France’s passiveness regarding JCPOA

TEHRAN— Speaking in his 7th live interview since he took office late on Wednesday, President Ebrahim Raisi said he lamented France and its President Emmanuel Macron for its passiveness regarding the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), the official name for the 2015 nuclear deal.

2022-09-27 20:45

Americans sought direct meeting with Raisi in New York, MP says

TEHRAN— A senior Iranian parliamentarian has revealed that during President Ebrahim Raisi’s visit to the annual UN conference in New York, presidents of France and Switzerland conveyed messages from the United States.

2022-08-29 18:22

Anger over Macron’s “abundance” remarks

A downbeat future assessment offered by French President Emmanuel Macron about an end to the era of “abundance” has angered many public figures who hit back arguing there was no abundance in the first place.

2022-07-24 21:39

Tehran insists it won’t back down from JCPOA demands

TEHRAN — In a conversation that lasted for two hours, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi told his French counterpart that Tehran won’t back down from its demands regarding the sanctions-removal negotiations.

2022-07-24 21:38

Macron backs Iran's opposition to military attacks inside Syria

Raisi: U.S. sanctions on Iran harmful for world economy

TEHRAN - Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi has said that the sanctions put in place by the United States on the Islamic Republic following Washington's unilateral departure from the 2015 Iran nuclear agreement have hurt the world economy, notably Europe.

2022-06-22 18:22

France in political limbo after Macron suffers setback

French President Emmanuel Macron has held meetings with opposition party leaders in a desperate attempt to form a parliamentary majority after losing control of the National Assembly and the power he enjoyed during his first term to implement his own policies so easily.