Araghchi criticizes Macron over silence on US-Israeli strikes on Iran

2026-03-19 - 08:01

Shafaq News- Tehran Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi on Thursday denounced French President Emmanuel Macron’s position on recent strikes targeting Iran as “sad,” accusing him of failing to condemn the US-Israeli war against his country. In a post on X, Araghchi argued that Macron “has not uttered one word of condemnation” of the ongoing military campaign, noting that Paris did not criticize earlier Israeli strikes on Iranian fuel and gas facilities. He added that Macron’s “concern” only followed Iran’s retaliatory actions. Macron has not uttered one word of condemnation of the Israel-US war on Iran. He did not condemn Israel when it blew up fuel storage in Tehran, exposing millions to toxins. His current "concern" didn't follow Israel's attack on our gas facilities. It follows our retaliation. Sad! https://t.co/lyfGbRm9NB — Seyed Abbas Araghchi (@araghchi) March 19, 2026 On Wednesday, parts of Iran’s South Pars gas field and nearby oil facilities were struck in what Tehran described as attacks on its economic infrastructure. The field, located in Bushehr province and shared with Qatar, is Iran’s largest gas reserve and forms part of the world’s biggest offshore gas reserve. In response, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), which had previously warned it would retaliate in kind if its energy infrastructure were targeted, launched missile strikes on Qatar’s Ras Laffan Industrial City, damaging key energy facilities and triggering fires. Macron, commenting on the developments, called for an immediate moratorium on strikes targeting civilian infrastructure, particularly energy and water facilities, stressing that civilians and global energy supplies “must be protected from military escalation.”