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French unions rally for major strikes against pensions reform
Jan 13, 2023 11:42The main trade unions in France have announced strikes in response to the government’s pension reform proposal, with oil workers being part of the mobilization.
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Macron says France will not apologize to Algeria for colonization
Jan 13, 2023 02:43French President Emmanuel Macron once again says he will not "ask forgiveness" from Algeria for French colonization but hopes to continue working toward reconciliation with his Algerian counterpart Abdelmajid Tebboune.
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Protesters denounce Charlie Hebdo cartoons
Jan 12, 2023 09:48Iranian university students and political activists gathered in front of the French Embassy in Tehran to once again denounce a French magazine’s insult to Muslim sanctities and Iran’s religious and national values.
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Paris knife attack: several wounded at train station, police arrest assailant
Jan 11, 2023 08:32French authorities say several people have been wounded by a man wielding a knife at a busy train station in the capital, Paris.
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Iran blasts Charlie Hebdo for incitement to violence through defamatory cartoons
Jan 09, 2023 09:15Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman has censured the French magazine Charlie Hebdo’s incendiary cartoons targeting the Islamic Republic’s top religious and political authority, saying the move was a clear example of hate-mongering, an insult to the sacred values and sanctities of other nations, and incitement to violence.
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Iranians protest Charlie Hebdo's defamatory cartoons
Jan 09, 2023 02:57Dozens of Iranian protesters have gathered outside France’s embassy in Tehran to express their anger at a French publication after it called for cartoons attacking the Islamic Republic’s top religious and political authority.
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French police attack Yellow Vests protesters in rally against Macron’s economic policies
Jan 08, 2023 09:49French police have attacked Yellow Vests protesters, firing tear gas and rubber bullets at thousands of demonstrators, who took to the streets to denounce French President Emmanuel Macron’s economic policies and pension reform.
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Iran says France not entitled to insult other religions, followers under pretext of ‘free speech’
Jan 08, 2023 09:21Iran’s Foreign Ministry says France has no right whatsoever to insult any religion and its followers under the pretext of "free speech," calling on European country’s authorities to observe the basic principle of international rules.
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French magazine’s insult attests to West’s fury over failure of Iran riot project: Parliament speaker
Jan 08, 2023 06:00Iran's Parliament speaker says the sacrilegious move by a French publication against the Islamic Republic’s top religious authority is the result of the West's desperation and indicates the Western fury at the failure of the recent foreign-backed riots in the country.
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Iran shuts down Tehran-based French research institute in response to magazine’s insulting cartoons
Jan 06, 2023 02:50The Iranian Foreign Ministry has decided to shut down a Tehran-based French archaeological and historical institute in protest against the French weekly magazine Charlie Hebdo’s move to insult the top religious authority of the Islamic Republic.