The French president Emmanuel Macron criticized US President Donald Trump’s “aggressive” isolationism, calling on EU to defend itself against US extraterritorial sanctions. “Multilateralism is going through a major crisis which collides with all our diplomatic activities, above all because of US policy,” he told a gathering of French ambassadors on Monday. According to Reuters, Macron urged […]

TEHRAN – In a phone conversation with French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday, President Hassan Rouhani of Iran said the remaining signatories to the 2015 nuclear deal should take more transparent steps accompanied by higher speed to save the agreement. In May the U.S. unilaterally withdrew from the nuclear agreement, officially known as the Joint […]

France has been one of the main motivators of Trump’s pullout from the nuclear deal. If the young French president had not supported calls by Trump to change the content of the nuclear accord, today we would not have faced the current situation. French politicians will continue to play their double standard approach toward the […]

The most damaging scandal of Emmanuel Macron’s presidency deepened on Saturday with his interior minister due to face a grilling in parliament over his response to a top security aide of Mr. Macron caught on video beating up a young man at a Paris protest in May. Opposition lawmakers have demanded that Mr. Macron, who […]

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani in a phone conversation with French President Macron said the EU’s package of proposals to compensate for US sanctions does not cover all of Iran’s demands. In a telephone conversation with the President of France Emmanuel Macron on Thursday, President Hassan Rouhani described France’s attempts to preserve the nuclear deal as […]

TEHRAN – All signed accords, including the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) on the Iranian nuclear program, has to be adhered to, French President Emmanuel Macron stated on Friday. “I want us to respect each other, so that there won’t be any kind of interference,” Macron insisted, Tass reported. “If we sign an agreement, […]

Leaders of Russia, France, Germany as well as the Chinese premier have reiterated their support for the 2015 nuclear deal as Donald Trump has exited the U.S. from the internationally backed agreement. China, Russia, Germany, and France are among the signatories of the nuclear deal with Iran. Talking to reporters in St Petersburg on Thursday, […]

The European sides to the Iran nuclear deal have jointly stressed their continuing commitment following Trump’s announcement that US will pull out of the agreement and reinstate sanctions against Iran. “It is with regret and concern that we, the Leaders of France, Germany and the United Kingdom take note of President Trump’s decision to withdraw […]

 French President Emmanuel Macron says in a new interview with a leading German newspaper that the US withdrawing from the Iran nuclear agreement could lead to war with the country, The Hill reported. The French leader tells Der Spiegel that President Trump’s threats to abandon the Obama-era deal aimed at curbing Iran’s nuclear weapons program could open “Pandora’s […]

 France’s President Emmanuel Macron described the 2015 nuclear deal between Tehran and world powers, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), as “not sufficient” but said it is good to respect it. “The (nuclear deal) was a very important negotiation,” he said Wednesday, speaking in a joint press conference with Australian Prime Minister […]