Emmanuel Macron spoke about Iran's attack on Israel during the night from Saturday to Sunday. France carried out “interceptions” of missiles and drones “at the request of Jordan” Iran's response was "disproportionate", because the country hit Israel "on the ground, which is a first", said the president.
“We intervened and we are going to do everything to avoid conflagration, to convince Israel that we must not respond by escalating but rather by isolating Iran,” he continued. France “tries to be a mediating power (…) we speak to each other”, finally welcomed the head of state, but it is “the Americans who have a very important role to play in containing Iran’s threat”. The risk extends with Hezbollah, the Houthis, and the militias in Iraq and Syria, according to him. ‘We must find a path to peace in the region’ and a “humanitarian and political framework’