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Macron asks Iran to show restraint as minister's visit postponed

French president has expressed his concern to Iranian president Hassan Rouhani over number of casualties in six days of protests.

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French president Emmanuel Macron urged his Iranian counterpart in a phone call on Tuesday to show restraint in dealing with protests, Macron’s office said in a statement, reports Reuters.

The statement said Macron had expressed his concern to President Hassan Rouhani over the number of casualties in the six-day-old protests, and told him that freedom of speech and protest must be respected.

Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian’s planned trip to Tehran later this week was also postponed to a future date, the French presidency said.

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