Macron to meet Wednesday with Iran’s president amid efforts to avert nuclear sanctions snapback

By AFP 24 September 2025, 1:18 am

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French President Emmanuel Macron (L) meets with Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian (R) on the sidelines of the 79th Session of the United Nations General Assembly at the UN headquarters in New York City on September 24, 2024. (Ludovic Marin/AFP)

UNITED NATIONS — France’s President Emmanuel Macron will meet with his Iranian counterpart at the UN Wednesday as efforts to avert the reimposition of deep sanctions on Tehran over its nuclear program intensify.

“Either Iran makes a gesture and goes back to the path of peace and accountability that make it possible to get back on course… or sanctions will have to be imposed,” Macron says from the podium of the UN General Assembly. “I’ll have an occasion to meet with the president tomorrow (Wednesday) on each of these crucial issues.”