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'We will do everything with our partners to dissuade Iran from this,' French president Emmanuel Macron said (Photo: consilium.europa.eu)

Macron and Mogherini decline to back US accusation on Iran

France has urged Iran to step back from threats on nuclear proliferation, but declined to back US claims Iran recently attacked two oil tankers.

Most EU foreign ministers meeting in Luxembourg echoed the French leader, but the UK endorsed the US accusation, which Iran denies.

French president Emmanuel Macron said on Monday (17 June) in Paris that he "regretted" Iran's threat, made earlier the same day, that it would breach a 2015 deal on nuclear arms unless Europe started buyi...

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'We will do everything with our partners to dissuade Iran from this,' French president Emmanuel Macron said (Photo: consilium.europa.eu)

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