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2026-10-26 20:49
Iran says Europe has yet to offer concrete proposal for negotiations
TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baqaei said on Monday that Tehran had received no concrete proposal from European countries for negotiations, questioning whether recent European calls for diplomacy reflected a genuine change in policy.
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2026-10-25 20:29
By staff writer
France meets second weekend of mass protests with 70,000 police, arrests 1,314
TEHRAN — French police arrested 1,314 people and sealed off city centers on Saturday as hundreds of thousands marched for a second consecutive weekend. Rather than addressing the root causes of the nationwide unrest, the government focused entirely on silencing the demonstrators through state repression.
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2026-10-24 19:55
Hundreds of protests are held across France
Hundreds of protests were held in France Saturday as nationwide anger grows over the cost of living, with security forces massing to prevent a repeat of violence that marred demonstrations last week, AFP reported.
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2026-10-21 20:45
Why is Europe on fire this October?
The people of Europe are paying for a war they never chose
TEHRAN — It started with teenagers blockading their schools. Three weeks later (October 17), about 550,000 people marched through French towns and cities, according to Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez. Unions say 800,000.
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2026-10-20 22:09
By staff writer
Curfews fail to halt growing popular rage across France
TEHRAN — Overnight curfews in Paris, Lyon, Lille, and Nice will do nothing to check the expanding anti-government uprising across France, according to a legal representative for the Yellow Vests movement.
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2026-10-19 11:32
“Liberty, Equality, Street Reality”
France is once again facing mounting social protest as the Gilets Jaunes (Yellow Vests) movement resurfaces alongside student protests, reflecting widespread frustration over soaring prices, deteriorating public services, and economic inequality.
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2026-10-18 20:38
By staff writer
France in a web of problems partly fueled by the war on Iran
More than 1,800 arrested as police clash with protesters across France
TEHRAN — France spent Sunday sweeping up after its worst street unrest in years. A town hall lies gutted in Limoges, about 1,800 people are under arrest, and as of writing this, the government has yet to say what it will do next.
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2026-10-17 19:35
Students, farmers and the Yellow Jacket movement are taking to the street in France
A wave of mass protests swept across France Saturday, with dozens of peaceful marches taking place alongside scenes of violent clashes between demonstrators and police forces, Politico reported.
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2026-10-09 20:57
Iran questions France’s nuclear double standards
TEHRAN— Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baqaei has criticized 'France’s contradictory approach' to nuclear weapons, questioning why Paris considers its own nuclear deterrent essential to national security while insisting that Iran must never possess nuclear weapons, despite Tehran’s stated commitment to the peaceful use of nuclear energy.
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2026-10-06 20:13
Iran calls on France to respect human rights
TEHRAN — Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei has called on France to respect human rights and the right to peaceful protest, criticizing 'contradictory approaches by French officials toward demonstrations in Iran and France.'
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2026-10-05 16:49
From Batons to Bullets: Two Faces of the Iron Fist
France is facing growing unrest as teenage-led protests over poor school conditions have been met with a heavy police crackdown, raising fresh concerns about the government’s response to dissent and the country’s deepening social crisis.
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2026-10-03 20:23
By staff writer
Brutal Repression of Teenagers Exposes Deepening Crisis in France
Nearly 5,000 detained as French government threatens legal action against families, labels protests ‘urban violence’
TEHRAN — The French state has chosen its response to crumbling schools and missing teachers. It has deployed violent riot police. Over the past three weeks, a localized dispute in the working-class suburbs of Paris has escalated into a nationwide confrontation over austerity, structural inequality, and the heavy-handed tactics of the Emmanuel Macron government.
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2026-08-23 20:41
Expulsion of Iranian diplomats from Paris could damage bilateral ties, Tehran warns
TEHRAN- Iran has warned that France’s expulsion of two Iranian diplomats could seriously damage relations between Tehran and Paris, after both countries took reciprocal measures amid accusations of diplomatic interference in Iran’s internal affairs.
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2026-08-15 21:44
Intelligence Ministry reveals new details on French embassy interference in Iran
‘France should not waste its citizens’ tax money on illegal interference in Iran’s affairs’
TEHRAN — The Islamic Republic on Saturday reacted strongly to Paris as two French diplomats are involved in a foreign infiltration project in Iran.
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2026-08-15 16:43
Four Iranian historic water structures selected for global irrigation heritage recognition
TEHRAN - Four historic Iranian water and irrigation structures -- Si-o-se-pol in Isfahan, Band-e Amir in Fars, the Shadorvan Grand Weir in Khuzestan and the historic hydraulic structures of Siraf in Bushehr -- have been selected for recognition under the World Heritage Irrigation Structures (WHIS) program of the International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage (ICID).
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2026-08-14 20:45
Araghchi accuses EU of ‘double standards’ on human rights
TEHRAN — Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has accused the European Union and several of its member states of applying double standards to human rights and international law, arguing that their support for Israel amid the war in Gaza and their backing of military action against Iran have undermined their credibility to criticize Tehran.
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2026-08-05 20:45
By staff writer
Surveillance of Sciences Po students critical of Israel shows free speech rings hollow in France
TEHRAN - Rightly or wrongly, common people once praised France as the most democratic county in the West. They claimed it valued the right to protest and was tolerant of freedom of speech or opinion. However, that designation, has proven hollow.
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2026-07-29 19:52
By M.A. Saki
Nature in the crossfire of climate inaction and wars
TEHRAN - Inaction or slow action to fight climate change has started to take its toll. It is getting worse every year.
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2026-07-27 20:27
By staff writer
Are France and Britain about to dive into the quagmire Trump created?
Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman warns against 'hostile and politically motivated' actions of certain European countries
TEHRAN – Iran pushed back hard against European powers on Monday, charging Britain and France with orchestrating a “blame game” and coordinating with the US in an aggressive campaign of “psychological warfare” targeting the Islamic Republic.
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2026-07-24 18:39
80,000 flee raging wildfires in France and Spain
Large forest fires burned out of control in southwestern France and central Spain on Friday, prompting authorities to evacuate an estimated 80,000 people from their homes. Some even fled by boat when flames swept through the touristic Cap Ferret peninsula on France’s Atlantic coast.
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2026-07-14 21:46
By Wesam Bahrani
From Macron to Trump to Israel: What is Syria’s share?
TEHRAN – French President Macron surprised everyone by visiting Syria as the first Western leader to meet self-declared president Ahmad al-Sharaa in Damascus.
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2026-06-02 20:48
By Garsha Vazirian
The ghost of Beaufort Castle
TEHRAN – The diplomatic language surrounding the conflict in southern Lebanon has undergone a fundamental shift. For months, international statements had been couched in the cautious lexicon of border clashes and temporary security measures.
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2026-05-09 19:28
French presidential hopeful Mélenchon calls Israel the ‘region’s most dangerous state’
French politician and presidential candidate Jean-Luc Mélenchon described Israel as “the most dangerous state in the region,” accusing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government of fueling wars and carrying out attacks against neighboring countries amid escalating tensions across the Middle East.
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2026-05-06 20:01
By Garsha Vazirian
The death of Washington’s Dimona omertà and the return of JFK’s ghost
TEHRAN — For more than half a century, Washington played its part in a carefully staged omission: Israel's nuclear weapons were never to be officially named. On May 4, it became obvious that the script has been torn up.
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2026-05-02 21:03
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.
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2026-04-18 18:11
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.
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2026-04-16 00:36
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.
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2026-04-06 23:45
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.
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2026-02-27 23:14
By Xavier Villar
France turns political speech into ‘glorifying terrorism’
MADRID – In the photographs of Mahdieh Esfandiari that circulated in the media during her judicial process in France, one detail drew disproportionate attention. It was the veil. Not because a woman wearing hijab is an anomaly in contemporary Europe, but because of what that garment condensed in this specific case: an Iranian academic, educated at Lumière Lyon 2 University, facing a criminal court for words published on Telegram.
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2026-02-24 19:10
By Shahrokh Saei
Kushner’s overreach in France: A wake-up call for European independence
TEHRAN – Recent tensions between Paris and Washington over U.S. Ambassador Charles Kushner go beyond a routine diplomatic spat—they expose America’s bullying, coercive, and domineering behavior, rather than just a disagreement between allies.