The United States' maximum pressure campaign on
Iran has so far failed, France's president said on Tuesday, and he dismissed U.S. efforts to restore U.N.
sanctions against Tehran because
Washington had left the 2015
nuclear deal.
"The maximum pressure strategy, which has been under way for several years, has not at this stage made it possible to end Iran's destabilising activities or to ensure that it will not be able to acquire
nuclear weapons,"
Emmanuel Macron said in a speech to the
United Nations General Assembly.
"This is why
France, along with its German and
British partners, will maintain its demand for the full implementation of the 2015 Vienna Agreement and will not accept the violations committed by Iran."