Marjane Satrapi, 56, the neo-Orientalist anti-Iran and anti-resistance propagandist who built a career caricaturing Iran, died in Paris earlier this week, leaving a legacy of historical distortion in service of Zionism and Western imperialism.

France has opened a probe into a "war crime" and "torture" over Israel's ill-treatment of French activists who were on board a Gaza-bound aid flotilla, a prosecutor's office says.

French President Emmanuel Macron has urged a swift agreement between the United States and Iran.

Hundreds of people are arrested across France as Paris Saint-Germain's victory against Arsenal sparks riots.

Mahdieh Esfandiari, an Iranian woman who was illegally detained in France for 237 days, has announced that she is filing an official complaint against the French government.

France has barred Israeli minister Itamar Ben-Gvir from entering the country after outrage over his treatment of activists detained aboard a Gaza-bound aid flotilla.

Countries have summoned Israeli ambassadors after far-right Israeli minister Itamar Ben-Gvir taunted Gaza flotilla activists.