French President Emmanuel Macron said on Thursday Iran had to stop worsening the situation with regard its nuclear accord with word powers and act responsibly.
"Iran must make the expected gestures and behave in a responsible way," Macron said alongside his Israeli counterpart Reuven Rivlin, adding that he wanted a return to the 2015 nuclear deal, but also the control of Iran's ballistic missile activities in the region.
The US and its Western allies see Iran’s missile program as a threat, along with the country’s nuclear program — particularly after Tehran gradually breached its commitments to the 2015 nuclear deal with world powers, following the Trump administration's withdrawal from the deal in 2018.
Under the nuclear accord, Tehran had agreed to limit its uranium enrichment in exchange for the lifting of economic sanctions.
Iran has been urging the United States to quickly rejoin the international agreement. It believes that the US, as the country which first reneged on the deal, must make the first move, and should not set any preconditions.
Macron said Paris would continue to work to revive a credible process to end this crisis.
"That means a return to control and supervision of the nuclear program, but also to integrating - as we have called for since 2017 - the control of Iran's ballistic missile activity," he added.
