Iran warns France against ‘complicating' situation ahead of IAEA vote

TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has warned his French counterpart that adopting a censure resolution against the Islamic Republic at the IAEA Board of Governors meeting will make the situation surrounding Iran's nuclear program “more complicated”.

UN Security Council members quarrel over Israel’s attack on Iran

TEHRAN – In an emergency meeting on Monday the UN Security Council members quarreled over Israel’s Oct. 26 attacks on Iran’s military installations.

Iranian parliament: French paper's report of speaker's remarks on Lebanon inaccurate

TEHRAN – Iran’s parliament has issued a statement refuting a recent report in a French newspaper that claimed Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf had offered to negotiate a ceasefire in Lebanon. 

Araqchi warns Israel's growing aggression risks unpredictable outcome

TEHRAN – Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi held phone conversations with both his French counterpart, Jean-Noel Barrot, and United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, expressing deep concern over Israel's ongoing aggression against Lebanon and Gaza.

Iran, France hold urgent talks on Lebanon crisis

TEHRAN – In a phone call on Sunday, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian and French President Emmanuel Macron discussed the escalating crisis in southern Lebanon, focusing on efforts to halt the ongoing conflict.

The day on which Imam Khomeini moved to France from Iraq

On 4 November 1964, the founder of the Islamic Republic Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini better known as Imam Khomeini was secretly taken to Ankara and then to Bursa, Turkey. Almost a year later on 5 September 1965, he moved to the holy Iraqi city of Najaf and stayed there until Saddam Hussein pressured him to leave the country on 6 October 1978. He was exiled again by the pressure of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi to Neauphle-le-Château, Paris.

France affirms Iran’s stance on Israeli attacks against Lebanon

During a meeting on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian and French President Emmanuel Macron discussed the ongoing conflict in West Asia.

US, E3 acting on faulty intelligence, Iran says of claims of missile sale to Russia

'Iran has not delivered ballistic missiles to Russia. Period.'

TEHRAN – Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araqhchi on Wednesday insisted on Tehran’s previous announcements that the Islamic Republic has not sent ballistic missiles to Russia, saying the United States and the European trio of Britain, France and Germany are again acting on “faulty intelligence”.

Arrest of Telegram CEO in France sparks global concerns over free speech

In a stunning turn of events that has rattled the global tech industry, Europe turned out to be a perilous place for tech executives after the arrest of Telegram CEO Pavel Durov in France, prominent tech figures said.

By Soheila Zarfam 

Serious warning to ‘gang of criminals’

Pezeshkian tells Macron war on Lebanon would be a colossal blunder with heavy consequences for Israel

TEHRAN – An Israeli war against Lebanon would be a grave mistake with serious consequences, Iran’s President warned during a telephone conversation with his French counterpart Emanuel Macron.

France in political limbo after shock election result

President Emmanuel Macron began efforts on Monday to extract France from political uncertainty after a left-wing coalition defeated the far-right in an election that left no group with an absolute majority, The National reported.

Iranian national Bashir Biazar released from French detention

TEHRAN – Iranian musician and filmmaker Bashir Biazar, who was detained and imprisoned in France under controversial circumstances, has been released and is en route back to Iran.

France's far right celebrates lead, seeks majority

France’s far right is in pole position after the first round of parliamentary elections that confirmed their dominance in French politics and brought them to the gates of power.

Macron warns of ‘civil war’ if far left or far right wins

French President Emmanuel Macron told a podcast episode shown Monday that both the far right National Rally (RN) party and the left-wing New Popular Front coalition — front runners in the parliamentary election — risked bringing “civil war” to France.

Iran rebukes France's deportation of Iranian national over Palestine support

TEHRAN - Iran's top human rights official has slammed as “illegal” a French court’s decision to deport an Iranian national over his public solidarity with Palestinians. 

MKO under growing pressure as headquarters raided again

TEHRAN – The Mujahedin-e-Khalq terror organization is facing increasing scrutiny as police around the world are tightening their grip on the group, with French police raiding MKO’s headquarters earlier this week. 

Iranian official calls on France to release pro-Palestinian citizen

TEHRAN – Kazem Gharibabadi, the Deputy Chief for International Affairs of the Iranian Judiciary and Secretary General of Iran's High Council for Human Rights, has demanded that France release an Iranian citizen detained by French authorities for expressing support for Palestinians.

Protests as French channel hosts Netanyahu

Hundreds of demonstrators rallied outside the offices of private broadcaster TF1 in the western Paris suburbs on Thursday to protest the broadcast of an interview with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu about the Gaza war, according to Middle East Monitor.

Macron offers condolences to Iran acting President following Raisi's Passing

TEHRAN – French President Emmanuel Macron has conveyed his condolences to Mohammad Mokhber, the acting President of Iran, in the wake of the tragic death of President Ebrahim Raisi and his accompanying officials.

Half-million-year-old evidence of human settlement found on the Iranian Plateau

TEHRAN - Groundbreaking findings from a team of Iranian and French anthropologists have confirmed that humans inhabited the Iranian Plateau approximately half a million years ago.

France, Belgium and Slovenia say they support ICC move

France, Belgium and Slovenia released statements supporting the world’s top criminal court and its chief prosecutor’s request for arrest warrants for leaders of Israel and Hamas.

Iran condemns ‘interfering’ remarks over detained French citizens

TEHRAN – The spokesperson for the Iranian foreign ministry has denounced a French foreign ministry statement that accused Iran of alleged "state hostage-taking" and "blackmail" in the detention of four French nationals.

Crowd in London protest France after British Palestinian doctor's entry denied

A group of protesters demonstrated outside the French Embassy in London Saturday after Paris denied entry to a famed Palestinian British surgeon who served as a doctor in Gaza soon after Israel launched its offensive on the enclave.

British-Palestinian surgeon barred from entering France

Professor Ghassan Abu-Sittah, the British-Palestinian rector of the University of Glasgow and a reconstructive surgeon, has said he has been denied entry to France, where he was due to make a speech at the Senate.