France calls on Iran to refrain from “any military provocation” in Syria following a series of Israeli strikes on what it said were Iranian positions in the country.
A foreign ministry spokesman also warns Tehran “against any temptation for regional dominance,” a matter that French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian would address in talks with his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif next week.
The Israeli strikes in Syria come just days after US President Donald Trump withdrew from a key 2015 nuclear deal with Iran, in part because it does not attempt to curb Tehran’s role in several crises in the Middle East.
Tehran has portrayed itself as the focus of Middle East “resistance” against Israel, which struck the Syria sites in retaliation for rocket fire it blamed on Iran’s Al-Quds force.
The foreign ministry reiterates France’s “unwavering support for Israel’s security and condemns all attempts to harm it.” It also calls for “restraint by all sides in order to avoid a dangerous escalation of tensions in the Middle East.
— AFP
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