NCRI Staff
NCRI – France and Saudi Arabia agree on the pressing need to curb Iranian ‘expansionism’ according to French president Emmanuel Macron at the end of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s three-day visit to France.
Macron noted that although the two countries still didn’t see eye to eye on the 2015 Iranian nuclear deal, which France wants to preserve, they definitely agreed on the need to “limit Iran’s ballistic activity and regional expansionism”.
Macron said: “This strategic vision means reducing all the projects of expansionist political Islam which could feed other forms of terrorism and destabilise the region.”
This is an important step for the world, because Iran is one of the world’s leading sponsors of terrorism, as highlighted by the US State Department. The Iranian Regime uses terrorist proxy militias to destabilise a country in the region and after creating chaos, the Regime can swoop in and take control; either propping up a government that they helped destabilise or helping the terrorist proxy get “legitimate” political power and ruling through them (i.e. Hezbollah in Lebanon).
Increase pressure on the Iranian Regime will cause them to stumble and allow the Iranian people’s uprising to take hold and overthrow the mullahs. The Iranian Regime is incredibly weak right now and they are only involved in so many regional conflicts in order to disguise their weakness. Enough pressure from the international community and the Regime will crumble.
France may not see the benefits of scrapping the nuclear deal with Iran yet, but it would mean that the Iranian Regime is less able to keep control and repress its citizens.
Yemen
With regard to the conflict in Yemen, Macron said that France would not tolerate the continued threat to Saudi Arabia from the Iran-backed Houthi militia, who have repeatedly fired ballistic missiles at the Kingdom and recently killed a civilian.
He said: “It is obvious that we will not tolerate any ballistic activity that threatens Saudi Arabia.”
Macron promised that France would be “extremely vigilant on this point” and stressed that “respect for international humanitarian law” was needed here.
He also defended France’s weapons sales to the Saudi-led Arab coalition who are fighting to restore the legitimate Yemeni government and prevent Iran from turning the nation into a vassal state with the Houthis as their proxy rulers.
With regard to the humanitarian situation in Yemen, Macron promised to host a conference on the issue before the summer and Bin Salman said that the coalition was doing everything possible to avoid civilian casualties.
