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France to mobilize 100,000 police forces to prevent New Year's Eve gatherings
Dec 31, 2020 08:26The French government is planning to deploy 100,000 police forces and gendarmes across the country on New Year’s Eve in an attempt to enforce a strict curfew and prevent gatherings in public places.
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3 French police killed in shooting, suspect found dead
Dec 23, 2020 05:45A man suspected of killing three police officers responding to a domestic violence incident in central France has been "discovered dead," Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin announced Wednesday.
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Trucks stranded at UK border
Dec 23, 2020 04:48According to Iran Press, nearly 3,000 trucks remained stranded in southeastern England after France closed the border over fears of a potentially more contagious coronavirus variant.
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Putin, Macron urge ‘collective efforts’ to preserve JCPOA
Dec 23, 2020 02:56Russian President Vladimir Putin and his French counterpart Emanuel Macron called for “collective” cooperation among the remaining parties of the JCPOA in order to preserve the multilateral accord.
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Iran summons French envoy to protest statement on execution of counterrevolutionary propagandist
Dec 13, 2020 12:07Iran has summoned French Ambassador to Tehran Philippe Thiebaud to protest a statement issued by the European country's Foreign Ministry condemning the execution of Rouhollah Zam, administrator of a notorious counterrevolutionary website, who was convicted of corruption on earth, among other crimes.
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Iran summons German envoy over EU sympathy for executed propagandist
Dec 13, 2020 10:58Iran's Foreign Ministry has summoned Germany’s ambassador to Tehran after the European Union expressed strong sympathy for the former administrator of an anti-Iran website, who was executed earlier for a crime punishable by death under Iranian law.
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Macron dismisses calls to get tough with Egypt's Sisi on human rights
Dec 08, 2020 03:05French President Emmanuel Macron has defied widespread criticism of his close ties with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi over flagrant human rights violations in the African country, saying Paris will not take a tough line on the government in Cairo and would not condition the sale of weapons as well as military equipment to Egypt.
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French rally against new security law
Dec 06, 2020 14:11The coordination Stop Global Security Law organized a new popular March for Liberties and for Justice all over France.
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Japan, France, US set to hold joint war games in May as 'message' to China
Dec 06, 2020 10:53Japan, France, and the United States are reportedly set to hold joint military drills for the first time in May next year, as part of attempts to contain what is claimed as China’s growing influence in the Asia Pacific region.
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Paris protest against security law turns into violence
Dec 06, 2020 05:39According to Iran Press, demonstrations turned violent in Paris, despite widespread police and gendarmerie presence and the siege of opponents of the so-called Comprehensive Security Act.