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France is at work on the Iranian issue. Emmanuel Macron's diplomatic adviser, Emmanuel Bonne, visits Iran on Tuesday as the Islamic Republic strangled by US sanctions has just announced that it has exceeded the uranium enrichment limits imposed by the nuclear agreement. signed in 2015.
The mission is complicated, but Paris has no choice, between Iranians and Americans, it is essential to calm tensions . France is engaged in " a de-escalation operation, " confided a diplomatic source. The channel of communication is open and the president Emmanuel Macron conducts a dialogue of quality as well with Washington as with Tehran, adds this same source.
Paris remains lucid, the way is narrow , but there is a card to play. No question for the moment to climb the niche and draw the "Snap Back", this mechanism included in the 2015 agreement and allows the major powers to reimpose sanctions against Iran in case of violation of the agreement.
According to this diplomatic source, there are still a lot of intermediate steps.
And this is where the diplomatic adviser Emmanuel Macron comes in. Emmanuel Bonne will be in Tehran on Tuesday and Wednesday. This visit is the second in a matter of weeks. This is a good sign, notes François Nicoullaud, former French ambassador to Iran.
By suspending some of its commitments , Iran was trying to put pressure on the European partners of the agreement. The Islamic Republic now has all the attention of Paris.