France’s Macron calls on Iran to return to nuclear talks

Update France’s Macron calls on Iran to return to nuclear talks
Iran’s new President Ebrahim Raisi on August 9, 2021 told his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron that negotiations with world powers to revive the 2015 nuclear deal must guarantee Tehran’s ‘rights.’ (AFP)
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Updated 09 August 2021
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France’s Macron calls on Iran to return to nuclear talks

France’s Macron calls on Iran to return to nuclear talks
  • Macron urged Iran to resume talks on reviving its 2015 nuclear deal struck with world powers
  • Statement comes shortly after phone call between Macron and his Iranian counterpart Ebrahim Raisi

PARIS: French President Emmanuel Macron urged Iran to resume talks on reviving its 2015 nuclear deal struck with world powers, the Elysee presidential palace said Monday in a statement issued shortly after a phone call between Macron and his Iranian counterpart Ebrahim Raisi.

Raisi informed Macron that negotiations with world powers to revive the 2015 nuclear deal must guarantee Tehran’s “rights.”

“In any negotiation, the rights of the Iranian people must be upheld and the interests of our nation ensured,” Raisi said in an hour-long phone call, according to the Iranian presidency’s website.

This is Raisi’s first reported call with a Western leader since taking office last week.