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Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baqaei sharply criticized French President Emmanuel Macron on October 18, accusing him of applying double standards between his government's crackdown on protests in France and his criticism of Iran's handling of domestic unrest. The rebuke came as France dealt with its worst street unrest in years, with a town hall destroyed in Limoges and about 1,800 people arrested, prompting Tehran Times commentary tying the French turmoil to fallout from the war on Iran.