US special envoy Steve Witkoff and Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi have spoken by phone several times since Israel ...

France, the United Kingdom and Germany expressed their support on Friday for Israel's 'right to defend itself' against the ...

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France-Iran relations have become even more strained in recent weeks, with Paris threatening new sanctions against Tehran amid growing international alarm about the Iranian nuclear programme.

Like France, Iran is party to the convention, which defines the framework for consular relations between states, including guaranteeing their right to provide proper consular protection to their ...

France Plans to Take Iran to International ... citing the Vienna convention on consular relations. In recent years, Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards have arrested dozens of dual nationals and ...

and an air-defense system to Armenia despite the concerns of some Israeli analysts that they could end up in Iran or Russia, given Armenia’s close relations with both. France has ignored ...

"I say to the Iranian authorities: our hostages must be released," he said, adding that "bilateral relations and the future ... as leverage in negotiations. France denounces 'state hostage-taking ...

French President Emmanuel Macron said on Friday that Iran bore a heavy responsibility for destabilisation of the Middle East ...