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Zelensky demands more money from Western backers
The West is not providing Ukraine with sufficient financial and military support, Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky has complained, despite Kiev’s backers having already approved massive aid packages and loans.
News ID: 3253    Publish Date : 2025/12/28
Macron accuses US of ‘intimidation’ against EU
US visa restrictions against several senior EU officials amount to “intimidation and coercion” aimed at undermining the bloc’s digital policies and sovereignty, French President Emmanuel Macron has said.
News ID: 3219    Publish Date : 2025/12/25
France gives update on potential Macron-Putin talks
Paris welcomes Moscow’s readiness to engage in top-level dialogue, the French presidency has said, adding that it will decide “on the best way to proceed” shortly.
News ID: 3133    Publish Date : 2025/12/22
FT: Macron ‘betrayed’ Merz
French President Emmanuel Macron “betrayed” Friedrich Merz by failing to back the German chancellor’s push to steal Russian assets frozen in the EU to fund Ukraine, the Financial Times has claimed.
News ID: 3132    Publish Date : 2025/12/22
Macron Alleges Russia Not Seeking Peace, Pledges Continued Pressure
French President Emmanuel Macron announced his upcoming trip to London on Saturday evening and alleged on the social media platform X: "Russia has entrenched itself in the path of escalation and is not seeking peace."
News ID: 2829    Publish Date : 2025/12/06
Iran advises adversaries against continuing ‘overreaching, bullying approaches’
Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has strongly advised Iran’s adversaries against sustaining their aggressive attitude towards the Islamic Republic as well as their excessive demands of the country.
News ID: 2645    Publish Date : 2025/11/27
Iranian FM heads to Paris
The Iranina Foreign Minister, who was in the Netherlands, left for Paris.
News ID: 2633    Publish Date : 2025/11/26
Le Figaro: Macron poised to reintroduce voluntary military service
French President Emmanuel Macron is preparing to roll out a new voluntary military service scheme this week, according to Le Figaro. The proposal was first floated by the French leader in July in response to what he described as a “lasting threat” from Russia – something Moscow has dismissed as nonsense.
News ID: 2598    Publish Date : 2025/11/25
French Army Chief: French would ‘lose children’ in potential war with Russia
France ’s top general, Fabien Mandon, is facing backlash after saying the country must be ready to “lose children” in a potential conflict with Russia. Moscow has dismissed Western speculation that it has any plans to attack the EU or NATO as “nonsense.”
News ID: 2514    Publish Date : 2025/11/20
Peskov: French jets won’t help Ukraine
Ukraine’s potential purchase of French-made Rafale fighter jets will not alter the situation on the battlefield in Kiev’s favor, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Tuesday.
News ID: 2467    Publish Date : 2025/11/18
Pezeshkian in Call with French President: US, Europe Must Prove Honesty to Gain Iran
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said in a phone call with the President of France : "Iran has always welcomed dialogue and engagement, but today it is the other side that must respect the rights of the Islamic Republic of Iran as a confidence-building measure and not seek to impose its excessive demands. It is not Iran that must prove its honesty and build confidence, but the US and Europe that must gain the trust of the Islamic Republic of Iran by proving their sincerity."
News ID: 2223    Publish Date : 2025/11/05
Iran grants conditional release to French nationals held for security offenses
Iran has released two French nationals held in the Islamic Republic for security offenses on bail, the Foreign Ministry has announced.
News ID: 2208    Publish Date : 2025/11/05
Moscow: Macron ‘dreams’ of military intervention in Ukraine
French President Emmanuel Macron is preparing to intervene militarily in Ukraine, Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) has claimed. In a statement published on Monday, the agency’s press department suggested that he desperately wants to leave his mark on history.
News ID: 2050    Publish Date : 2025/10/28
Mahdieh Esfandiari held in France for months granted conditional release
The Foreign Ministry says a French judge has granted conditional release to Iranian academic Mahdieh Esfandiari, detained in France for pro-Palestinian activism.
News ID: 1939    Publish Date : 2025/10/23
Louvre has been robbed
The Louvre Museum in Paris has been closed for the day after a robbery on Sunday, local officials have said. Unconfirmed media reports claimed that several criminals stole nine pieces from the Napoleonic jewelry collection.
News ID: 1865    Publish Date : 2025/10/19
French PM Lecornu survives crucial no-confidence votes
French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu survived two no-confidence votes in the National Assembly on Thursday, securing crucial support from the Socialist Party after suspending President Emmanuel Macron’s contested 2023 pension reform.
News ID: 1805    Publish Date : 2025/10/16
Iran court convicts two French intelligence agents for espionage
Iran’s Judiciary says Tehran’s Islamic Revolution Court has issued verdicts against two French nationals convicted of espionage and collaboration with Israeli intelligence services, following a months-long legal process.
News ID: 1758    Publish Date : 2025/10/15
Baghaei: Decision on Sharm el-Sheikh Participation Made in Line with National Interests
Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Esmail Baghaei said the top international issue remains the situation in Gaza and Palestine, emphasizing that the decision regarding Iran’s participation in the Sharm el-Sheikh summit was taken based on what best serves the country’s national interests.
News ID: 1703    Publish Date : 2025/10/13
Returning French prime minister warns his term may be brief
Reappointed French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu has cautioned that his time in office might be short‑lived – again – unless political conditions improve.
News ID: 1696    Publish Date : 2025/10/12
France’s Macron reappoints Lecornu as PM
French President Emmanuel Macron has reinstated Sebastien Lecornu as prime minister, just four days after accepting his resignation from the role.
News ID: 1664    Publish Date : 2025/10/11