The meeting between the Iranian president, Ebrahim Raïsi, and his French counterpart, Emmanuel Macron, in New York, made the front page of almost all the newspapers in Tehran on Wednesday, September 21. On the menu of the discussions: the Iranian nuclear file, but also the question of the rights of Iranian women. Under a photo of the two presidents, smiling, the newspaper Iran Newspaper, government publication, welcomed the “diplomatic traffic” and numerous encounters with Ebrahim Raïssi.
“Europe must concretely show that it has independent policies and that it is not subject to the will of the United States” in the nuclear talks, said Mr. Raisi during this meeting, reports the daily. The Iranian president reportedly added:
“Given Washington’s unilateral withdrawal from the nuclear deal, the Islamic Republic’s request to receive guarantees is entirely reasonable and logical.”
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Close to the Revolutionary Guards, the ideological army of the Islamic Republic, the newspaper Javan praised Paris’ approach to Tehran: “France has always conducted a different foreign policy from that of other European countries in the Middle East and Iran,” writes the newspaper. Emphasizing that “British diplomatic trips to Iran or outreach only happened when the reformers were in power”.
The newspaper Shahrvanda publication of the Iranian Red Crescent, reported that Mr. Macron invited his Iranian counterpart to visit him in Paris.
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 caused by the death of Mahsa Amini, after his arrest by the morality police. According to the reformist newspaper Advancesthe French president told BBC Persian that he had “raised the issue of human rights, especially those of women”, during his discussions with his Iranian counterpart.
Nevertheless, Hamshahri, publication of the municipality of Tehran, indicates that Mr. Macron was satisfied with a “general sentence on respect for women’s rights”. French head of state “didn’t even mention Iran” when he talked about women, the newspaper said, quoting Mohammad Jamshidi, an official in the Iranian president’s office.