France will expel two Iranian diplomats in the coming days, French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot said on Tuesday in a post on X.

His comments come one day after the Iranian ministry said two French embassy employees, who were involved in a diplomatic dispute in Tehran in July, would not be allowed to return to Iran.

Last month, the French ministry said the French embassy staff had been detained and physically intimidated by Iranian security services in Tehran.

Le peuple iranien, un grand peuple, est la principale victime de cette période d’extrême tension au Moyen-Orient, pris en étau entre la répression sanglante des manifestations de janvier 2026 et les bombardements.

— Jean-Noël Barrot (@jnbarrot) August 18, 2026

C’est précisément parce que la France se tient aux côtés du…