French foreign minister calls on Iran to stop 'destabilising actions'

France's foreign minister said on Saturday that she had told her Iranian counterpart that the risk of a Middle East regional conflagration had never been greater and that Tehran and its proxies needed to end their destabilising activities.

"Iran and its associates must immediately stop their destabilising actions," Catherine Colonna said on social media X (formerly Twitter) after speaking with Hossein Amirabdollahian.

"No one would gain from escalation."

J’ai appelé le ministre iranien A. Abdollahian et lui ai fait passer un message très clair : le risque d’embrasement régional n’a jamais été aussi important; l'#Iran et ses affidés doivent immédiatement cesser leurs actions déstabilisatrices. Personne ne gagnerait à une escalade.
— Catherine Colonna (@MinColonna) January 6, 2024

Translation: "I called Iranian Minister A Abdollahian and gave him a very clear message: the risk of regional conflagration has never been so significant; #Iran and its associates must immediately stop their destabilising actions. No one would gain from escalation."

Amirabdollahian said the only way to quell conflict was to resolve the root causes, Iran's state media reported, according to Reuters.