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France condemns 'unacceptable' Iranian strikes on UAE and calls for diplomacy

A patrol boat moves through the water as cargo ships sit at anchor in the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas, Iran, Saturday, 2 May 2026. AP - Amirhosein Khorgooi

French President Emmanuel Macron has joined other world leaders in condemning Iranian attacks on the United Arab Emirates, which have thrown the fragile US-Iran truce into jeopardy, and urging both sides to return to diplomacy to bring an end to the Middle East war.

In a social media post published late on Monday, Macron called Iranian strikes against Emirati civilian infrastructure "unjustified and unacceptable".

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