US strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities have ‘no legal basis’, says French president

French President Emmanuel Macron has said the recent American military strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities lack any legitimate legal basis under international law.

Macron made the statement at a joint news conference with Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store in Oslo on Monday, a day after the US stepped in and caried out a series of  airstrikes on three nuclear sites in Natanz, Fordow and Isfahan.

“If one considers that there is legitimacy in neutralizing nuclear infrastructure in Iran, based on the objectives we share, there is no framework under international law that allows it. And so it must be said clearly: these strikes have no legal basis,” Macron said.

The French president emphasized that the so-called dispute over Iran’s nuclear program must be resolved through “diplomatic and technical means,” not military aggression.

“We have several risks of escalation and uncontrolled escalation, regarding nuclear proliferation, to the possibility to have other countries in the region to be targeted by some strikes of retaliations,” Macron noted, warning of a “clearly obvious” risk of escalation.

Macron also cautioned against the broader geopolitical fallout of the American aggression, specifically the possibility of Tehran closing the Strait of Hormuz in retaliation, adding that it would have “massive impacts” on the global economy.

The American aggression, which took place in the early hours of Sunday, came amid continued Israeli aggression against Iran that began on June 13, claiming over 400 lives, including senior military commanders, nuclear scientists and ordinary civilians.

In response, Iran launched multiple waves of missile and drone strikes against strategic and sensitive military and intelligence sites in the occupied territories.

Israeli authorities enforced strict media censorship to conceal the true extent of casualties.

France condemns Israeli strike on Tehran’s Evin Prison

French foreign minister Jean-Noël Barrot censured the Israeli regime’s missile strike on Evin Prison in northern Tehran, calling it “unacceptable” and warning that the attack endangered the lives of two French nationals, Cécile Kohler and Jacques Paris, who have been imprisoned there for the past three years on espionage charges.

“The strike targeting Evin prison in Tehran, put our citizens Cecile Kohler and Jacques Paris, who have been held for three years, in danger. It is unacceptable,” Barrot said on X.

He confirmed that the two detainees were not harmed in the attack and urged Israeli forces to cease all military strikes immediately to allow “a path for negotiations and diplomacy.”

Iran calls on UK to break silence on US aggression

Iran’s ambassador to London, Ali Mousavi, called on the British government to adopt a clear stance regarding the American acts of aggression against the Islamic Republic.

In a meeting with Hamish Falconer, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, Mousavi urged the UK government to take a clear and responsible position regarding the American strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities.

He urged Britain not to remain silent in the face of measures that weaken international law, particularly the UN Charter.

Mousavi emphasized that Iran reserves the legitimate right to respond in accordance with Article 51 of the UN Charter, which affirms the inherent right to individual or collective self-defense in the event of an armed attack against a UN member state.

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