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French President Francois Hollande has invited his Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani to visit France in November, Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius was quoted as saying by Iran's ISNA agency during a visit to Tehran on Wednesday.
The invitation was being delivered by French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius who is in Tehran for a one-day visit. Also in Tehran is the EU's foreign minister, Federica Mogherini to discuss implementation of the deal to curb Tehran's nuclear program in return for lifting economic sanctions imposed on the country.
"I am carrying a letter of invitation from Francois Hollande, the president of my country, to Hassan Rouhani, president of Iran, to visit France in November," Fabius was quoted as saying.
Fabius was speaking after a meeting with his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif and was due to meet Rouhani later on Wednesday
Rouhani said on Tuesday the nuclear deal reached between Tehran and major world powers this month will help fight terrorism and bloodshed in the Middle East, Iran's state TV reported.
Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif also cited wider effects of the deal, saying Tehran and the European Union could now discuss questions "including energy cooperation ... human rights, confronting terrorism and regional issues".
World powers suspected Iran's nuclear program aimed to build a nuclear bomb, which Iran denied. Tehran reached the deal on July 14 with the United States, France, Britain, Russia, China and Germany after a standoff lasting more than a decade.
"The agreement will be very important and influential for the future of relations in the region, Europe and the world," Rouhani told Mogherini. "It will help the fight against terrorism and stop war and bloodshed in the region."
At a joint news conference with Mogherini, Zarif said they had agreed to hold high-level EU-Iran talks on a wide range of issues including fighting terrorism, state television reported.
After the terms of the agreement were settled, Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Tehran would not end its support for regional allies, including the Lebanese Hezbollah, Syria's government and Shi'ites in Bahrain and Yemen.
Mogherini said implementation of the agreement "depends on the political will, commitment and patience of all parties involved ... The deal has the capacity to pave the ground for wider cooperation between Iran and the West."
"Regional and international cooperation with Iran is very important for us," she added.
Rouhani stressed Iran's commitment to its promises "as required by its cultural, religious and national principles".
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Fabius must apologize to Iran over infected blood exports: MP
Alaeddin Boroujerdi, chairman of Iranian parliament’s Committee on National Security and Foreign Policy
A senior Iranian lawmaker has called on French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius to officially apologize to the Iranian nation over his role in the export of infected blood.
Alaeddin Boroujerdi, who serves as the chairman of the Iranian parliament's Committee on National Security and Foreign Policy, said Tuesday that Fabius must apologize over involvement in the selling of infected blood products to Iranian companies in the 1980s.
The controversial case dates back to 1984 and 1985, when Fabius served as the prime minister of France. He was, at the time, accused of having a hand in a French company’s deliberate selling of blood products contaminated with HIV to a number of countries, including Iran. The blood products were used for the treatment of haemophiliacs in the target countries. Fabius and two of his ministers were charged with manslaughter but the then French premier was later acquitted.
Boroujerdi said most of the countries that received the bloods were compensated by Paris over the years, but the French government has yet to pay redress to Iranians.
"The relevant bodies, especially the [Iranian] Foreign Ministry, should take action" to get reparations from the French government, Boroujerdi said.
Fabius is due in Tehran on Wednesday for talks with senior Iranian officials.
French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius is due in Tehran on Wednesday for talks with senior Iranian officials.
Meanwhile, Mohammad Saleh Jowkar, another member of the Iranian parliament (Majlis), highlighted the role of Fabius in the controversial case, saying the people of Iran cannot forget his antagonistic actions toward the Iranian nation.
Jowkar also criticized Fabius for adopting an "arrogant" stance toward Iran during the nuclear negotiations in Vienna.
"We will not forget his oppositions, distractions and his advocacy for the Zionist regime during the negotiations," Jowkar said, adding that the Wednesday visit by Fabius to Tehran is in line with France's business and economic objectives.
Iran and the P5+1 group of countries – the US, Britain, Russia, China, France, and Germany – finalized the text of an agreement, dubbed the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), in Vienna on July 14 after 18 days of intense talks.
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