Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi accused French President Emmanuel Macron of “welcom[ing] atrocities against Iranians” and mockingly called for the French government to “listen” to hordes of violent rioters in a social media post on Sunday, responding to Macron blaming the war between Iran and America for the riots.
\n\nFrance endured a chaotic weekend in which tens of thousands of people, who local politicians have identified as a variety of leftist and Islamist extremists, engaged in a wave of vandalism and destruction throughout the nation’s largest cities, burning down several major historical sites, most prominently the Limoges City Hall. Macron delivered a national address on Sunday in which he discouraged further violence and blamed the war that began between America and Iran in February for the high cost of living in the country, which he claimed was fueling unrest in the country.
\n\nAraghchi and Iranian state media, covering his comments, mocked Macron for linking the conflict – caused by the Iranian Islamist regime’s insistence on engaging in illicit uranium enrichment and other nuclear activities – with violence in France. The state-run Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) described Macron as “pathetic” for linking higher costs of living around the world to…
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