UN: Emmanuel Macron's appeal to the United States and Iran

"More than ever, the time has come for the resumption of negotiations between the United States of America, Iran, the signatories of the JCPOA (Iran's nuclear deal) and the powers of the region concerned primarily with security and security. the stability of this one ", launched Emmanuel Macron, Tuesday, September 24, at the tribune of the United Nations. French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday called on the United States and Iran to resume "negotiations" to avoid the "risk of conflagration" in the Gulf.

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"The objectives of these negotiations must first be full certainty that Iran will never adopt nuclear weapons, then a way out of the crisis in Yemen, thirdly a regional security plan integrating other crises in the region and the security of maritime flows, finally a lifting of economic sanctions, "he proposed. "I have no naivety and I do not believe in the miracle, but in the courage to build peace and I know that the United States, Iran, that all the signatories of this agreement have this courage," he said. -he rocks.

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Tensions between the United States and Iran have been exacerbated since Washington's withdrawal in 2018 of the international agreement governing the Iranian nuclear program and the reinstatement of heavy US sanctions against Tehran. Iran, strangled economically by these sanctions, began in the summer of 2019 to reduce its commitments under the agreement, which aims to prevent it from acquiring nuclear weapons. At the same time, military tensions have been exacerbated in the region. In June, the destruction of an American drone by Iran had already caused fear of escalation.

After the strikes of September 14 against Saudi oil facilities, "the risk is that of burning, on the basis of a miscalculation or an inadequate response," hammered Emmanuel Macron. "Peace is at the mercy of a degenerating incident and the consequences for the region and beyond would be too serious to resolve to live on the brink," he warned.

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American strategy

The Europeans have joined the United States and Saudi Arabia to blame Iran for the attack, which Tehran denies. For the French president, for lack of prospect of a diplomatic solution, "the strategy of (American) pressure on Iran could only lead to the increase of tensions in the region".

"To the American strategy and the European, Russian and Chinese will to preserve the 2015 Vienna agreement, Iran has responded with maximum pressure on its regional environment," he lamented. "The rise of tension has been constant in recent months and the September 14 attacks on Saudi Arabia have changed the situation," he said.