France has admitted that its military assisted the Israeli regime in intercepting Iranian drones launched at strategic Israeli targets during the 12-day aggression against the Islamic Republic.
The acknowledgement came from the country’s defense minister earlier this week. “I can confirm that the French army intercepted less than 10 drones in the last few days during the different military operations conducted by the Islamic Republic of Iran against Israel, either by ground-to-air systems or via our Rafale fighter jets,” Sebastien Lecornu told parliament.
Lecornu said Iran had launched some 400 ballistic missiles and 1,000 drones at Israel during the 12-day war. The Israeli aggression on Iran, supported by the United States, came only a day after a politically-motivated anti-Iran resolution, pushed by the UK, France, Germany and endorsed by the United States, was passed by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Board of Governors.
The IAEA Board of Governors passed the anti-Iran resolution on June 12, claiming that the country was in breach of its nuclear obligations, despite Iran saying its uranium enrichment program is entirely peaceful.
Shortly after the resolution, Israel carried out multiple acts of aggression on Iranian territory, targeting high-ranking military commanders, nuclear scientists, and ordinary civilians.
On Sunday, the U.S. joined Israel in the war against Iran and bombed the Natanz, Fordow, and Esfahan nuclear sites in violation of the United Nations Charter, international law and the NPT.
On Tuesday, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said European leaders “bear a share of the blame” for Israel’s aggression as they exerted pressure on the IAEA to issue a negative assessment of Iran.
“The Europeans have taken a purely neocolonial position… They were actively preparing [IAEA chief Rafael] Grossi so that he would put the most ambiguously negative formulations into his report,” he said.
