{"id":90155,"date":"2026-05-07T13:55:33","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T13:55:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/un-news.org\/?p=90155"},"modified":"2026-05-07T13:55:33","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T13:55:33","slug":"iranian-strikes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/un-news.org\/en\/iranian-strikes\/","title":{"rendered":"Iranian strikes on the UAE and French operations: What is Macron\u2019s connection to Iran\u2019s president?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Macron calls for the resumption of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz following consultations with Iran<\/h2>\n<p>French President \u201cEmmanuel Macron\u201d has once again condemned the rapid developments in the Gulf region, stressing the importance of safely resuming maritime traffic in the Strait of Hormuz, following a phone call he held with Iranian President \u201cMasoud Pezeshkian\u201d on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>The discussions, according to what President \u201cMacron\u201d published in a post on his account on the X platform (formerly Twitter), addressed Paris\u2019s strong concern over the ongoing escalation, alongside the condemnation of recent Iranian strikes that targeted infrastructure in the UAE.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI just spoke with Iranian President \u2018Masoud Pezeshkian\u2019 and expressed deep concern over the ongoing escalation, and condemned the unjustified strikes that targeted infrastructure&#8230;,\u201d Macron wrote in a tweet, emphasizing the need to \u201csafely resume maritime traffic in the Strait of Hormuz.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The conversation also clarified the reasons that led France to send the French aircraft carrier \u201cCharles de Gaulle\u201d to the region, at a time when the Strait of Hormuz and Bab el-Mandeb are witnessing congestion due to the current tensions.<\/p>\n<p><strong>United News Network \u2013 UNN Arabic<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>An independent media platform providing reliable news and objective analysis, seeking to promote peace and cultural dialogue around the world, conveying the truth and building bridges of understanding between peoples.<\/p>\n<p>For more news, you can visit our homepage:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Macron calls for the resumption of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz following consultations with Iran French President \u201cEmmanuel Macron\u201d has once again condemned the rapid developments in the Gulf region, stressing the importance of safely resuming maritime traffic in the Strait of Hormuz, following a phone call he held with Iranian President \u201cMasoud Pezeshkian\u201d [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-90155","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-1"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/un-news.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90155","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/un-news.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/un-news.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/un-news.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/un-news.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=90155"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/un-news.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90155\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":90173,"href":"https:\/\/un-news.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90155\/revisions\/90173"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/un-news.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=90155"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/un-news.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=90155"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/un-news.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=90155"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}