France slams Iran over alleged rocket attack on Israeli positions
News & Trends •
israel hit back with dozens of airstrikes that it said hit almost all iranian military infrastructure in syria1 french foreign minister jean-yves le drian described alleged iranian rocket fire on israeli military positions across a ceasefire line in southern syria as extremely serious1 but beyond that we must take action so that diplomatic solutions can be implemented quickly and de-escalation takes place1 iranian targets have repeatedly been hit inside syria in recent weeks in attacks thought to have been conducted by israel1 on thursday israel accused iran of firing a barrage of rockets against the israeli side of a ceasefire line on the golan heights partly controlled by israel since the 1967 arab-israeli war1 we condemn any attempt to harm israels security le drian said in an interview in fridays edition of newspaper le parisien1 le drian said that the 2015 agreement on irans nuclear activities remained in force despite the us pulling out on tuesday1 but france still wants to complement it with new measures on issues such as irans ballistic missiles and its military activities in the region he said1 asked how he could reassure iranian citizens he said we are faithful to our commitments. we have expectations but were here1 iran and its lebanese ally hezbollah alongside russia have been key backers of the government side in the syrian civil war1 but israel which has fought against hezbollah on several occasions sees the development of iranian or hezbollah positions near the golan heights as a strategic threat.dpanan1