‘Too Late…’: Iranian FM Aragchi Mocks Marcon With Old Trump Msg Amid France Protests

France is facing widespread protests, and now Iran's foreign minister is turning up the pressure on Emmanuel Macron. Abbas Araghchi has accused the French president of supporting U.S. policy toward Iran, arguing that Macron cannot blame the war for France's unrest, after allegedly helping create the conditions behind it. The exchange has opened a fresh diplomatic confrontation, linking France's crisis, war on Iran. In a post on X on Monday, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Macron had made his bed by assuring U.S. President Donald Trump that he welcomed atrocities against Iranians. Araghchi added that it was too late to blame the war his ilk helped cause. Tehran is arguing that Macron cannot distance himself from the consequences of a conflict if, in Iran's view, he supported the policies that helped bring it about. Araghchi also pointed to the cost-of-living protests in France, saying demonstrators were demanding wholesale change, including freedom of assembly. He urged Macron to listen to the French public and listen to the future of France. To support his criticism, Araghchi shared a screenshot of a message Macron had sent to Trump, which the U.S. president had published in January. In that message, Macron wrote, We are totally in line on Syria. We can do great things on Iran. Araghchi cited the exchange as evidence of Macron's support for Washington's approach toward Tehran. However, the message itself does not establish every claim made by the Iranian foreign minister. It has become a focal point in the public dispute over France's position on Iran and its relationship with the United States. Meanwhile, France has been gripped by a student-led protest movement that began on September 17 at the Antoine de Saint-Exupéry High School in Créteil. The demonstrations initially focused on deteriorating school conditions, before expanding into broader demands involving education, inequality and the government's response. French Interior Minister Laurent Nunez said on Sunday that more than 2,000 protesters had been arrested, while more than 600 police officers, gendarmes, and firefighters were reported injured. These figures underline the scale of the unrest confronting the French government. In a televised address on Sunday, Macron linked the riots to rising living costs and fuel prices associated with the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran. He insisted that France had not participated in the war, saying the country was now suffering its consequences. Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Ismail Baghaei also weighed in. In a post on X on Sunday, Baghaei warned that those behind what he called sinister alliances would eventually face the consequences of their own actions. He also accused Macron of applying a double standard toward protests. Baghaei contrasted Macron's January support for peaceful assembly without fear of punishment in Iran with his response to the unrest now unfolding in France. The criticism reflects Tehran's broader effort to use Macron's own public statements to challenge France's position on protest rights and its foreign policy. For Macron, the challenge is twofold, managing unrest at home while facing criticism abroad over France's role in the international response to Iran. Meanwhile, for Tehran, the protests have become another opportunity to question Western governments over their foreign policies and their treatment of demonstrators.