Iran president tells Macron US ‘must receive response to their aggression’

Published June 22, 2025

Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian has said that the United States must “receive a response” to attacks on nuclear sites in the Islamic republic during a phone call with French President Emmanuel Macron, AFP reports.

“The Americans must receive a response to their aggression,” Pezeshkian told the French leader, according to the official IRNA news agency.

This handout satellite picture provided by Maxar Technologies and taken on June 22 shows damage after US strikes on the Isfahan nuclear enrichment facility in central Iran. — AFP

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