Iran's population biggest victim amid current conflict, France says

France's foreign minister, Jean-Noel Barrot, urged the world not to forget the "massacres" of Iranian protesters in January, labelling the population as the biggest victims of the war.

France's ​foreign ‌minister said ​on Friday that the world ‌should not forget the "massacres" of Iranian protesters in January ‌and that the ‌population were the biggest losers of the war and ⁠its ​aftermath.

"It ⁠is the biggest victim of ⁠this war, caught between repression ​on one side and ⁠bombings on the other," ⁠Jean-Noel Barrot ​told franceinfo TV. "We are not ⁠forgetting the massacres of January, when ⁠state ⁠violence indiscriminately targeted peaceful protesters."