French President Emmanuel Macron warned today the president of Iran, Ebrahim Raisi on the consequences of supplying drones to Russia and demanded that Tehran end aid to Moscow in its war against Ukraine.

In his telephone communication with the Iranian president, Emmanuel Macron warned of the seriousness of the consequences, both in the field of security and in the humanitarian field, of sending drones to Russia and called for the immediate end of Iranian aid to Moscow’s war of aggression against Ukraine, announced the French Presidency.

The French president also expressed concerns about the direction of Tehran’s nuclear program and “recalled the will of France and its European partners to find a diplomatic solution to this issue.”

Emphasize its importance to her Tehran to take specific and verifiable de-escalation measures and to implement, fully and without delay, its international obligations, as well as the commitments it made to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)’ on March 4.

A White House spokesman warned yesterday that Russia “is procuring material from Iran to build a drone factory” on its soil and that the facility “is likely to be operational early next year.”

The United States they believe that by May, Russia had received “hundreds” of Iranian attack drones and accuse Moscow of recently using them to attack Kiev and terrorize the Ukrainian population.”

Tehran has repeatedly said that US accusations of sending weapons to Russia “are baseless” and that it is not involved in the war in Ukraine.

The Macron-Raisi phone conversation comes at a time when negotiations between Iran and the international community to revive the international agreement on Tehran’s nuclear program are at ground zero.

During the ninety-minute Macron-Raisi phone conversation, the way “to promote relations, especially negotiations (on the nuclear program) and developments in the region” was discussed, an Iranian official said on behalf of Tehran.

Its president of France he also expressed his relief at the release on May 12 of two French citizens held in Iran. But he “reiterated his deep concern for the situation of the four other French citizens who remain imprisoned in Iran and called again for their immediate release.”

Four French people remain detained in Iran: Cécile Kohler and Jacques Paris, who were arrested on May 7, 2022, Louis Arnaud, who was arrested on September 28, and one other person, whose identity has not been made public. Paris denounces arbitrary detention and calls them hostages of the Iranian state.