Military intervention in Iran, where authorities launched a deadly crackdown on protesters that killed thousands, is not France’s preferred option, its armed forces minister said Sunday.
“I think we must support the Iranian people in any way we can,” Alice Rufo said on the political broadcast “Le Grand Jury”.
But “a military intervention is not the preferred option” for France, she said, adding it was “up to the Iranian people to rid themselves of this regime“.
Rufo lamented how hard it was to “document the mass crimes the Iranian regime has carried out against its population” due to a widespread internet shutdown.
“The Iranian people reject their regime. The fate of the Iranian people belongs to Iranians, and it is not for us to choose their leaders,” said Rufo. (AFP)
