Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has chastised France and other Western countries for characterizing Israel’s ongoing genocide as “self-defense” in a meeting with his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron.

Iran’s president says the Israeli regime has been defeated in its genocidal war on Gaza and now cannot “repair its myth of invincibility” through resorting to barbarism against Lebanon.

Iran’s president calls for cessation of the Israeli occupation and apartheid in Palestine and immediate implementation of a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.

Iran’s president denounces the double standards adopted by the West that have resulted in the spread of bloodshed and warfare across the world.

The Iranian president was briefed on the treatment process of the injured.

President Masoud Pezeshkian says promoting unity and solidarity between Iran and Iraq topped the agenda of his three-day trip to the neighboring Arab nation.

Iran’s president urges formation of a joint union among Muslim countries, describing unity among them as crucial to effective confrontation against “Zionist terrorism.”