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US, European allies agree on August deadline for Iran nuclear deal – report

If Iran and the US cannot reach a deal by August, Germany, France, and the UK will reimpose UNSC sanctions that were lifted under the 2015 Iran deal.

 The IRGC’s control over Iran’s oil industry has grown to such a point, experts now estimate 50% of the country's oil wealth is siphoned to the military organization
 France's President Emmanuel Macron, July 10, 2025.

France's Macron withdraws from UN Palestinian state recognition conference

 Medias wait outside the prison of Lyon-Corbas on February 20, 2019, in Corbas, France.

Inmate escapes French prison by hiding in cellmate's bag

 Smoke rises in Gaza following a military strike, as seen from the Israeli side of the border, July 5, 2025.

Gazans can receive refugee status in France due to 'Israeli persecution,' court rules


July 12 to be French national day of commemoration of Alfred Dreyfus, Macron announces

The date was chosen to mark the day that Dreyfus was cleared of charges against him on July 12, 1906, a full twelve years after the so-called Dreyfus Affair began.

 A statue of Alfred Dreyfus is seen in Mulhouse, eastern France, October 9, 2025

French-Saudi summit on two-state solution rescheduled to end of July, after delays from Iran war

The conference, scheduled to take place in New York, was initially planned for last month but was postponed due to the conflict between Israel and Iran.

 Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman meets with French President Emmanuel Macron in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, December 2, 2024.

German defense ministry denies reports alleging it has plans to buy add'l 15 F-35 fighter jets

Germany plans to buy an additional 15 US-made F35s to add to their fleet amid tensions between them and France regarding the joint Franco-German fighter jet FCAS partnership.

 French President Emmanuel Macron speaks with Germany's Chancellor Friedrich Merz, at a hotel prior to an E3 meeting on the sidelines of the NATO summit in The Hague, Netherlands, June 24, 2025

France, Britain unveil nuclear weapons cooperation to counter threat to Europe

"This morning, we signed the Northward declaration, confirming for the first time that we are coordinating our independent nuclear deterrence," Starmer said.

 UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer (L) bids farewell to French President Emmanuel Macron following a joint military visit to the Northwood Headquarters Northwood, on July 10, 2025 in London, England.

Paris court extends detention of Iranian woman held on terrorism charges

Investigators also found that Tehran may have provided sums of money to the woman and two others, notably for the purchase of computer equipment used in propaganda activities.

Mahdieh Esfandiari, a 35-year-old Iranian national, on Monday was arrested on February 28 in Lyon while attempting to leave France.

French intelligence chief: No certainty on whereabouts of Iran's uranium stocks

Nicolas Lerner, who heads the DGSE, said all aspects of Iran's nuclear program had been put back by several months following the air strikes.

 Satellite image shows a close up view of destroyed buildings at Isfahan Nuclear Technology Center, after it was hit by US airstrikes, in Isfahan, Iran, June 22, 2025.

France concerned over citizen missing in Iran, minister says

French media reported that the man was an 18-year-old who had been on a cycling trip in the region but went missing a few days after Israeli planes struck targets in Iran.

People demonstrate in solidarity with anti-government protests in Iran near the Iranian embassy in Paris, France, January 6, 2018.

Fooled by Islamist propaganda: Inside Iran's decades-long infiltration of the West

EUROPE AFFAIRS: Journalist Jean-Marie Montali speaks to ‘Post’ about his and Emmanuel Razavi’s book on Iran’s spy and influence networks in France and how the West fell prey to Iranian manipulation.

 French President Emmanuel Macron holds a bilateral meeting with then-Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi on the sidelines of the 77th UN General Assembly at its headquarters in New York City in 2022.

France demands immediate release of French couple held in Iran for three years

Agence France Presse reported late on Wednesday that Iran had charged the couple with spying for Israel's Mossad intelligence service.

 A woman walks past posters with the portraits of Cecile Kohler and Jacques Paris, two French citizens held in Iran, on the day of support rallies to mark their three-year detention and to demand their release, in front of the National Assembly in Paris, France, May 7, 2025.

Russia and China's influence wanes in the Middle East after 12-Day War – analysis

While both countries have aimed to expand their influence in the Middle East, they have remained silent after the Israel-Iran War.

 CHINESE PRESIDENT Xi Jinping meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin at a reception marking 80 years since the victory over Nazi Germany, at the Kremlin, last month. The war in Ukraine has shaken the global order, says the writer.

French man tied to incel movement arrested for alleged plot to attack women

French authorities said that the 18-year-old man associated and plotted with terrorists to prepare attacks on women.

 A woman holds a sign reading "Serve men, all free!" during a demonstration to call for gender equality and demand an end to violence against women to mark International Women's Day in Marseille, France, March 8, 2025.