French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday reiterated his call for a de-escalation of tensions between Iran and the United States in talks with his Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani to, the Elysee Palace said.
"It is France's role to make every effort to ensure that all parties agree to a break and open negotiations," the office of the French presidency said in a statement.
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The 2015 deal over Iran's nuclear program has begun to unravel since US President Donald Trump announced Washington was pulling out of the agreement last year and reimposed sanctions, to the dismay of European allies.
France, Britain and Germany were among the key players in the pact.
In what Macron's office said was as a "long" discussion with Rouhani during the French leader's annual holiday at Fort de Brégançon on France's Mediterranean coast, the president "recalled the need to initiate a de-escalation of tensions."
Russian President Vladimir Putin is due to visit Macron at Brégançon in August, ahead of a G7 summit in Biarritz which Macron's office said would present "new opportunities to discuss the Iranian issue."
