The acknowledgement came from the country’s defense minister on Wednesday.
“I can confirm that the French army intercepted less than 10 drones in the last few days during the different military operations conducted by the Islamic Republic of Iran against Israel, either by ground-to-air systems or via our Rafale fighter jets,” Sebastien Lecornu told parliament.
Lecornu said Iran had launched some 400 ballistic missiles and 1,000 drones at Israel during the 12-day war.
The Israeli aggression on Iran, supported by the United States, came only a day after a politically-motivated anti-Iran resolution, pushed by the UK, France, Germany and endorsed by the US, was passed by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Board of Governors.
