France Summons Iranian Ambassador Over Disinformation Campaign

The mutual summoning of ambassadors turns a disinformation dispute into a direct diplomatic confrontation, which matters because it signals that Paris now treats the campaign as a state-level action rather than background noise. This raises the cost of any further covert influence operations and narrows room for quiet de-escalation between the two capitals. The open question is whether the public pressure produces a halt to the campaign or simply pushes it further out of view.