{"id":4975,"date":"2026-06-17T16:11:55","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T16:11:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.worldwatchalert.com\/?p=4975"},"modified":"2026-06-17T16:12:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T16:12:09","slug":"macron-says-us-iran-mou-ends-fighting-from-hormuz-to-lebanon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.worldwatchalert.com\/?p=4975","title":{"rendered":"Macron says US-Iran MoU ends fighting from Hormuz to Lebanon"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>FRANCE: French President Emmanuel Macron has welcomed the memorandum of understanding between the United States and Iran, saying that while the agreement does not immediately resolve every outstanding issue between Washington and Tehran, it remains a positive development.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cDoes it solve everything right away? No,\u201d Macron told reporters, acknowledging that challenges between the two countries still remain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, he stressed that the alternative would have been a continuation of conflict with serious regional and global consequences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cBut what was continuing the war? Having Hormuz closed for months; taking the risk of destroying oil and gas capacities, which would have destabilised everything for months \u2013 even years; continuing the loss of life and the unacceptable situation in Lebanon and the collapse of the entire region,\u201d Macron said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The French president said there was a collective obligation to prevent further escalation and instability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe have a humanitarian, political and economic responsibility,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Macron added that the agreement was significant because it helps bring an end to hostilities across a wide area of the Middle East.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cSo this agreement that ends the fighting everywhere, from the Strait of Hormuz to Lebanon, is a good thing,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FRANCE: French President Emmanuel Macron has welcomed the memorandum of understanding between the United States and Iran, saying that while the agreement does not immediately resolve every outstanding issue between&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4976,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[2351,2362],"class_list":["post-4975","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world","tag-g7-summit","tag-us-iran-agreement"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - 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