Macron: It’s up to Iran to give assurances nuclear program is peaceful

PARIS, France — French President Emmanuel Macron says he had received a call from his Iranian counterpart Masoud Pezeshkian and that they had agreed to accelerate negotiations between European powers and Iran over its contested nuclear program.

“I am demanding: Iran must never acquire nuclear weapons, and it is up to it to provide every assurance that its intentions are peaceful,” Macron says on social media X.

“I am convinced that there is a way out of the war and to avoid greater dangers.”

The Iranian President @drpezeshkian called me.

I reiterated my firm demand: Cécile Kohler and Jacques Paris must be released. Their inhumane detention is unjust. I expect them to return to France.

I also expressed my deep concern about Iran’s nuclear program.…

— Emmanuel Macron (@EmmanuelMacron) June 21, 2025