The Élysée Palace announces that the President of the Republic is convening a Defense Council on Wednesday, April 8 at 8:30 AM. Emmanuel Macron will convene a Defense Council on Wednesday, April 8 at 8:30 AM, the Élysée Palace announced on Tuesday evening, just hours before the end of Donald Trump’s ultimatum to Iran. This new defense council, focusing on the “situation in Iran and the Middle East,” bringing together ministers and officials responsible for security issues, will take place at 8:30 AM, as Donald Trump threatened on Tuesday to “wipe out an entire civilization” and Iran said it is “ready for all scenarios.”
Earlier, Jean-Noël Barrot stated that France “firmly opposes strikes against civilian structures, wherever they occur” in Iran. If Donald Trump’s threats are carried out, it would “escalate the region into a new phase of conflict,” warned the Minister of Foreign Affairs. On the 39th day of the war in the Middle East, triggered by a joint Israeli-American attack on Iran, bridges, railways, and a highway have been targeted in the country.
“An entire civilization will die tonight”
The President of the United States has given Iran until 8 PM Washington time (2 AM in France) to unlock navigation in the crucial Strait of Hormuz for the world’s oil supply. In the hours before the ultimatum expired, Beijing and Moscow exercised their veto right to prevent the UN Security Council from adopting a text demanding the unblocking of Hormuz, much to the dismay of Gulf countries hoping for a green light to forcibly release it.
If Iran, which has nearly paralyzed the strait since the beginning of the war, does not unblock it, “an entire civilization will die tonight,” declared the American President, adding, “I don’t want this to happen, but it will probably be the case.”
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