Paris (AFP)

The boss of the PCF Fabien Roussel qualified Friday of "pure madness" the American raid which killed the Iranian general Qassem Soleimani, the president of the RN Marine Le Pen considering that France must do everything to "relaunch the negotiations" on the Iranian nuclear .

"On behalf of the PCF, I condemn these new American bombings ordered by Trump which make Iraq, already bruised, a new battlefield," reacted Mr. Roussel, for whom "this act is pure madness and can lead to the irreparable. "

The American administration "now threatens to make this region of the world a new theater of war in which the peoples will always be the losers", added in a press release Mr. Roussel, who asked the government to "demand without waiting a meeting security council to stop the ongoing escalation. "

At the beginning of the afternoon, the Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs urged French nationals in several countries of the Middle East to be "cautious".

For her part, Ms. Le Pen considered that it was a "warning" from Donald Trump to Iran while wondering: "Can a state leave its embassy at the mercy of any demonstrators "Certainly not. Can we let a state arrest foreign nationals without reason? Certainly not."

Judging that "this rise in tensions (...) must be managed with the greatest moderation", she affirmed that France should "continue to speak to all the actors and participate by all the means at its disposal to relaunch the negotiations , notably on the control of nuclear installations in Iran ". "We call on all parties to exercise restraint," she also added.

For his part, the RN deputy RN Thierry Mariani estimated on Twitter that "the assassination (what else should we call it?) By #Soleimani, by the USA is a serious fault which will have serious consequences and that #Iran cannot leave it unanswered. "

The Republicans N.3 (LR) Aurélien Pradié said he was "very worried" about "the way the United States can sometimes play with fire".

"The danger is quite considerable" and "any act of war, any military strike has considerable diplomatic consequences, especially in this region which is a real powder keg," he added on Franceinfo, stressing that "everything what disturbs this area of ​​the world can disturb and threaten our country. "

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