“Macron’s anti-Iran stances also serve his ambitions to gain concessions from the United States on other international issues, including France’s relations with wealthy Arab countries of the Persian Gulf,” Khatib told the official news website IRNA.

“European powers, including Germany, have also been paying lip service to the US when b comes to Iran. This means that the Americans have taken hostage Europe, and specifically France and Germany,” said Khatib.

Khatib said that Tehran has documents that prove the United States has been using its influence over the Arab states of the Persian Gulf to prevent them from engaging in lucrative weapons and trade deals with the Europeans. (ILKHA)