French president says US attacks on Iran have ‘no legal basis’

French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday reiterated that the recent US strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities lack any legitimate legal basis, Anadolu reports. “If one considers that there is legitimacy in neutralizing nuclear infrastructure in Iran, based on the objectives we share, there is no framework under international law that allows it. And so it must be said clearly: these strikes have no legal basis,” Macron told a joint news briefing in Oslo with Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store. Underlining that France aims to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons, he voiced his belief that the conflict should be resolved through “diplomatic and technical means.” “We have several risks of escalation and uncontrolled escalation, regarding nuclear proliferation, to the […]