{"id":7578,"date":"2026-02-28T16:31:38","date_gmt":"2026-02-28T16:31:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/?p=7578"},"modified":"2026-02-28T16:31:38","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T16:31:38","slug":"macron-calls-for-urgent-u-n-security-council-meeting-over-iran-strikes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/?p=7578","title":{"rendered":"Macron Calls for &#8216;Urgent&#8217; U.N. Security Council Meeting over Iran Strikes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">French President Emmanuel Macron has called for an \u201curgent meeting\u201d of the United Nations Security Council, while Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanch\u00e9z said that Madrid \u201crejects\u201d strikes from the United States and Israel against the Islamist regime in Iran on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"a9d-pre\">Europe, which is more susceptible to security and economic shocks over regional instability in the Middle East, has responded to President Donald Trump\u2019s move to launch a major military operation against Iran with a mixture of caution and condemnation.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a9d\"\/>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a9d\"\/>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"\/>\n<p>While the EU called for \u201crestraint\u201d, France\u2019s Emmanuel Macron took a more critical tone, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EmmanuelMacron\/status\/2027713940180938839\">saying<\/a> that the conflict \u201cmust stop\u201d, while urging for a return to negotiations with the\u00a0Ayatollah\u2019s regime in Tehran.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe outbreak of war between the United States, Israel, and Iran carries grave consequences for international peace and security,\u201d he wrote on social media.<\/p>\n<p class=\"a9d-pre\">\u201cThe ongoing escalation is dangerous for all. It must stop. The Iranian regime must understand that it no longer has any option but to engage in good-faith negotiations to end its nuclear and ballistic programs, as well as its actions of regional destabilization. This is absolutely essential to the security of all in the Middle East,\u201d Macron continued.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B2\" class=\"a9d\"\/>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a9d\"\/>\n<p>\u201cThe Iranian people must also be able to build their future freely. The massacres perpetrated by the Islamic regime disqualify it and require that the voice be given back to the people. The sooner, the better.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The French leader said that in light of his country\u2019s \u201cprinciples\u201d and \u201cinternational responsibilities\u201d, he was calling for an \u201curgent meeting\u201d of the United Nations Security Council.<\/p>\n<p>However, Macron did say that France also \u201cstands ready\u201d to deploy resources to help \u201cprotect its closest partners at their request,\u201d suggesting that Paris may be willing to assist the United States if asked.<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/t\/assets\/html\/tweet-5.html#2027714435020657130\" data-btlnk=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/2027714435020657130\" class=\"bnn-if-tweet\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"260\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Taking an even harder line against Washington, Socialist Spanish Prime Minister Pedro S\u00e1nchez <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sanchezcastejon\/status\/2027707726738923754\">said<\/a> that Madrid \u201crejects\u201d the \u201cunilateral military action by the United States and Israel,\u201d which he said represents \u201can escalation and contributes to a more uncertain and hostile international order.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"a9d-pre\">\u201cWe likewise reject the actions of the Iranian regime and the Revolutionary Guard. We cannot afford another prolonged and devastating war in the Middle East. We demand immediate de-escalation and full respect for international law. It is time to resume dialogue and achieve a lasting political solution for the region,\u201d S\u00e1nchez added.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a9d adSo\"\/>\n<p>In contrast to the stance from Europe, the Anglo-sphere allies of Australia and Canada expressed solidarity with the United States and the Trump administration in its strikes on Iran.<\/p>\n<p>Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AlboMP\/status\/2027678880220516549\">said<\/a>: \u201cWe support the United States acting to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon and to prevent Iran continuing to threaten international peace and security.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The left-wing PM added that the Islamic regime in Tehran has been a \u201cdestabilising force\u201d for decades, through its \u201cballistic missile and nuclear programs, support for armed proxies, and brutal acts of violence and intimidation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney \u2014 a frequent critic of President Trump \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MarkJCarney\/status\/2027721462233141679\">said<\/a> that his country also \u201csupports the United States acting to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon and to prevent its regime from further threatening international peace and security.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCanada\u2019s position remains clear: the Islamic Republic of Iran is the principal source of instability and terror throughout the Middle East, has one of the world\u2019s worst human rights records, and must never be allowed to obtain or develop nuclear weapons,\u201d Carney added.<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/t\/assets\/html\/tweet-5.html#2027739659799847193\" data-btlnk=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/2027739659799847193\" class=\"bnn-if-tweet\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"260\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h5><em><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\" data-darkreader-inline-color=\"\">Follow Kurt Zindulka on X:<\/span> <a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KurtZindulka\" data-show-count=\"false\">Follow @KurtZindulka<\/a> <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\" data-darkreader-inline-color=\"\">or e-mail to: kzindulka@breitbart.com<\/span><\/em><\/h5>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2026\/02\/28\/frances-macron-calls-for-urgent-un-security-council-meeting-over-iran-socialist-spanish-pm-rejects-u-s-strikes\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>French President Emmanuel Macron has called for an \u201curgent meeting\u201d of the United Nations Security Council, while Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanch\u00e9z said that Madrid \u201crejects\u201d&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7579,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[46],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7578","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-africa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7578","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7578"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7578\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/7579"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7578"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7578"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7578"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}