Iran’s top diplomat steps up talks with France, Russia, and S. Korea to end war

TEHRAN- Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has held a series of diplomatic consultations with his French and Russian counterparts as efforts intensify to bring an end to the ongoing conflict involving the United States and Israel.

Intl. academics warn of deliberate destruction of Iran’s cultural sites

TEHRAN – A group of 218 international academics and researchers has warned of what it described as the deliberate destruction of Iran’s cultural heritage and scientific centers following recent US-Israeli attacks, calling the actions illegal and a threat to human history.

Iranian academic jailed in France returns home

TEHRAN- An Iranian academic who had been imprisoned in France on charges related to her public statements about the war in Gaza has returned to Iran, according to reports from Iranian media outlets.

Iranian FM cautions counterparts on 'Inaction Towards Aggressors'

TEHRAN –  “It is clear that this inaction… has further emboldened the aggressors to continue these brutal attacks in violation of international principles and rules,” Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi warned during a series of high-level phone calls with his counterparts from France, India, and Russia.

France to summon US ambassador to protest comments on nationalist activist’s death

France will summon U.S. Ambassador Charles Kushner to protest Trump administration comments regarding the beating death of nationalist activist Quentin Deranque, AP reported Sunday.

Iran’s Neolithic communities excelled in antler craft, research shows

TEHRAN - A recent archaeological study published in the journal Anthropozoologica sheds new light on the sophisticated craftsmanship and resource strategies of early human societies on the Iranian Plateau.

European powers face backlash over ‘misinformation’ campaign against Francesca Albanese

TEHRAN — The United Nations Human Rights Office issued a warning on Friday regarding the escalation of “personal attacks, threats, and misinformation” leveled against independent experts, specifically targeting Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese.

UK, French jets bomb alleged underground arms cache in Syria

Britain’s and France’s air forces conducted a joint operation on Saturday evening to bomb sites in the mountains north of Syria’s Palmyra.

Algeria declares French colonization a crime, demands reparations

Algeria’s parliament unanimously approved a law on Wednesday declaring France’s colonization of the country a crime and demanded an apology and reparations, the Guardian reported. 

Iran and France don’t see eye to eye in Paris talks, but may meet again

Araghchi returns to Tehran after short stay 

TEHRAN – Abbas Araghchi, the Iranian foreign minister, and his French counterpart displayed no obvious bonhomie during their meeting in Paris this week. In fact, neither side published any footage or photos of the encounter. However, the diplomats are also not loath to repeat the meeting in the future.

Iran’s foreign minister to hold talks in Paris on Wednesday

Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi will hold talks with his French counterpart Jean-Noel Barrot in Paris this week, France's foreign ministry said on Monday, according to Asharq al-Awsat.  

French detainees released on bail in Iran as diplomatic talks progress

TEHRAN – Iran has released two French nationals who had been detained on charges related to national security, the Iranian Foreign Ministry announced on Tuesday.

Tabatabaei takes gold at Cap d’Agde 2025

TEHRAN – Iranian grandmaster Mohammadamin Tabatabaei captured the gold medal at the Cap d’Agde 2025 Open Grand Prix in France.

Mass rally held in France in solidarity with Iranian academic Mahdieh Esfandiari

A group of French, Arab and international human rights activists have staged a mass rally in the French capital, Paris, in solidarity with Iranian academic Mahdieh Esfandiari.

Iranian national Mahdieh Esfandiari freed from French prison on parole

TEHRAN – Iran’s Foreign Ministry has announced that Iranian academic Mahdieh Esfandiari, behind bars in France, has been released on parole. She spent a total 237 days in prison. 

Sarkozy behind bars: France’s elite reels as former president jailed

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy, sentenced to five years in prison for criminal conspiracy in connection with illicit Libyan financing of his 2007 campaign, was incarcerated at Paris’s La Santé prison on Tuesday, Mediapart reported.

France fails to free illegally detained Iranian academic despite pledges

TEHRAN – Iran’s judiciary spokesperson, Asqar Jahangir, says the French government has failed to fulfil its promise to release Iranian academic Mahdieh Esfandiari from prison.

Political free fall: Lecornu resigns as Macron’s fifth prime minister in two years

France’s Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu resigned Monday, hours after unveiling a cabinet that kept 13 of 18 ministers from the toppled Bayrou team—ending the shortest-lived government in modern French history and sealing a record-breaking 27-day premiership.

French opposition leader urges Macron to expel Israeli envoy

Mathilde Panot, deputy leader of the France Unbowed party, has urged the French president to expel Israel’s ambassador to Paris, Joshua Zarka, following Israel’s seizure of the Global Sumud Flotilla, Al Jazeera reported. 

Over 150 lawyers, refugee NGOs in UK report being ‘pressured into silence’ by far-right protesters

More than 150 lawyers, human rights, refugee and environmental organizations have said they are being “pressured into silence” after some received rape and death threats from far-right and anti-migrant protesters, The Guardian reported. 

Iranian athletes urge UN to demand release of academic detained by France 

TEHRAN – A coalition of 165 Iranian women athletes has implored UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to intervene in the case of Mahdieh Esfandiari, an Iranian academic held in France. Detained since February for expressing solidarity with the people of Gaza, Esfandiari faces charges linked to social media posts.

Macron hits back at ‘abject’, ‘erroneous’ anti-Semitism accusations by Netanyahu

A diplomatic row between Israel and France has broken out after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused French President Emmanuel Macron of fueling “the anti-Semitic fire” in France by planning to recognize Palestinian statehood, Al Jazeera reported Wednesday.

By Bahram Moradi

US standing against global will for Palestinian state

TEHRAN – U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has shown contempt for the leaders of France, Britain, and Canada for planning to recognize the Palestinian state, calling them “clumsy”.