Macron to meet new Iranian president amid Lebanon crisis

Iran President Masoud Pezeshkian (L) France's President Emmanuel Macron. (Agencies)
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UNITED NATIONS, United States: French President Emmanuel Macron will meet Tuesday with Iran’s new president, Masoud Pezeshkian, as Israel strikes Tehran’s ally Hezbollah in Lebanon.
Macron will meet Pezeshkian, a self-styled reformist in a cleric-run state which Israel sees as its arch-enemy, on the sidelines of the annual UN General Assembly, the Elysee announced.