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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.
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Erdogan hopes France will 'get rid of' Macron soon
Dec 04, 2020 13:52Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says he hopes France will "get rid of" President Emmanuel Macron in the shortest possible time, in his harshest remark against the French leader yet.
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UN urged to deal with terrorism in Iran as in France and Austria
Dec 04, 2020 12:13Iran has called on the United Nations and its Human Rights Council to stop their “selective” approach and condemn the recent assassination of prominent Iranian nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh as an act of terrorism.
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UK and France in new English Channel migration control agreement
Nov 29, 2020 05:04After a year of record migrant crossings across the English Channel, the UK and France have reached a new agreement to tackle illegal migrant crossings.
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Macron calls police beating of black man ‘shameful’ in face of rising protests
Nov 28, 2020 06:35French President Emmanuel Macron has described the beating of a black man by a police officer in the county as “shameful” for France amid persisting protests against racism and police brutality.