Posts

Showing posts with the label President Macron

Iranian foreign minister should be banned from Europe, not welcomed – Struan Stevenson

Image
Iranian foreign minister should be banned from Europe, not welcomed – Struan Stevenson Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif There was the usual ­outpouring of criticism when President Trump imposed sanctions on Mohammad Javad Zarif, Iran’s Foreign Minister. The left-wing press predictably went into meltdown, protesting in anger against the blacklisting of a foreign minister. But few people expected President Macron of France to extend a ­invitation to Zarif to attend the G7 summit in Biarritz. This appeared to be a particularly provocative move by the French president, given that Donald Trump was also attending the conference in Biarritz. Macron’s invitation should have come as no surprise. He has ­positioned himself as Europe’s ­leading appeaser of the medieval, ­fascist Iranian regime. But, it is worth taking a closer look at why the US State Department took the action it did. As Foreign Minister, Zarif is in charge of Iran’s army of ambassadors ...