The meeting between the Iranian president, Ebrahim Raïsi, and his French counterpart, Emmanuel Macron, in New York, was on the front page of almost every newspaper in Tehran on Wednesday 21 September. On the menu of discussions: the Iranian nuclear dossier, but also the issue of the rights of Iranian women. Under a photo of the two presidentsYou smile, the newspaper Iranian newspaper, government publication, rejoiced for the “Diplomatic traffic” and numerous meetings with Ebrahim Raïssi.
“Europe must concretely demonstrate that it has independent policies and that it is not subject to the will of the United States” in nuclear talks, said Mr. Raïsi during this meeting, reports the newspaper. The Iranian president reportedly added:
“Given Washington’s unilateral withdrawal from the nuclear deal, the Islamic Republic’s request for guarantees is entirely reasonable and logical.”
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Close to the Revolutionary Guards, the ideological army of the Islamic Republic, the newspaper Java praised Paris’s approach to Tehran: “France has always conducted a foreign policy different from that of other European countries in the Middle East and Iran”, writes the newspaper. Emphasizing it “British diplomatic trips to Iran or awareness raising only happened when the reformers were in power”.
The newspaper Shahrvandclaimed a publication from the Iranian Red Crescent that Macron invited his Iranian counterpart to visit him in Paris.
A quick reminder of women’s rights
The meeting comes at a time when Iran has been overwhelmed for several days by a wave of popular anger provoked by the death of Mahsa Amini, after his arrest by the deputy team. According to the newspaper of the reform Advancesthe French president told BBC Persian he did “Raised the issue of human rights, especially those of women”, during his discussions with his Iranian counterpart.
However, Hamshahri, publication of the Municipality of Tehran, indicates that Mr. Macron was satisfied with a “General ruling on respect for women’s rights”. French head of state “I didn’t even mention Iran” when it talked about women, it wrote the paper, quoting Mohammad Jamshidi, an official in the Iranian president’s office.
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