08/03/2026
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08/03/2026
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PARIS, Mar 8: French President Emmanuel Macron said he had talks with Iranian President Massoud Pezechkian on Sunday and urged him to stop strikes.
“I stressed the need for Iran to immediately cease its strikes against countries in the region,” Macron said in a post on X.
He also called on Iran to guarantee freedom of navigation by “putting an end to the de facto closure of the Strait of Hormuz.”
Macron also mentioned the case of Cécile Kohler and Jacques Paris, two French nationals who were released from an Iranian prison in November and transferred to the French Embassy in Tehran, after more than three years in detention on spying charges. He called for their return to France as an “absolute priority.”
Macron also stressed deep concern regarding the development of Iran’s nuclear and ballistic program and said a diplomatic solution is necessary.
Both leaders agreed to remain in contact, according to Macron’s post on X.
Macron is the first Western leader to talk to Iran’s president since the beginning of the war.
