\u201cIt is not in interest of France and Mr. Macron to interfere in Iran\u2019s strategic issues and its missile program, which Islamic Republic is very sensitive about; such interference has no result but reducing repute of French government in eyes of Iran,\u201d Velayati regretted, rejecting Mr. Macron\u2019s recent anti-Iran stances.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs an Iranian familiar with foreign policy issues and history of France, I advise Mr. Macron to follow General de Gaulle policies that is to have relatively independent policies; we would not ask others\u2019 ideas on having or developing missiles as part of our defense might,\u201d Leader\u2019s senior advisor underlined.<\/p>\n
Velayati reaffirmed that if France is looking for developing ties with Iran it should stop intervention in such critical affairs, \u201cwhich is also against the interests of France.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo independent country would give up its national interests; ties with Iran have been beneficiary to European countries and they welcome boosting ties with Iran as a trusted and prosperous country unless being pressured by US to decrease the relations; even though we witness that some European countries have started investing in Iran,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Velayati, noting that Iran is not limited to West in developing ties, emphasized that \u201cEurope doesn\u2019t merely means European Union and the continent constitutes 27 countries and Islamic Republic has its particular ties with each one of them; we have positive ties with Russia, China, India, South Korea, South Africa and Latin America, which possess great capacities in different fields.\u201d<\/p>\n
On JCPOA, Velayati reaffirmed that Iran would stand against US violations and defend its national rights; \u201cUS has been acting unilateral in nuclear negotiations and the Trump government from the very beginning decided to violate the deal due to its hostility toward Iran; the parties to nuclear agreement have to push US to stay committed to the deal as it is an international agreement not a bilateral one between US and Iran.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
TEHRAN, Nov. 18 \u2013 Head of Iran\u2019s Strategic Research Center Ali Akbar Velayati advised France to follow a relatively independent foreign policy and not to interfere in Iran\u2019s critical and strategic issues.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":99,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[34153,13506,17160,13286,32446,34154,12870],"class_list":["post-101718","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","tag-ali-akbar-velayati-en","tag-donald-trump-en","tag-emmanuel-macron-en","tag-france-en","tag-iran-missile-program-en","tag-strategic-research-center-en","tag--en"],"yoast_head":"\n