FILE PHOTO: Chief of the Defense Staff of the French Army General Francois Lecointre attends a ceremony marking the 78th anniversary of late French General Charles de Gaulle's resistance call of June 18, 1940, at the Mont Valerien memorial in Suresnes, near Paris, France, June 18, 2018. REUTERS/Charles Platiau/Pool
PARIS (Reuters) - Tensions in the Gulf are unlikely to spiral out of control, French armed forces chief Francois Lecointre said on Thursday after Britain accused Iran of harassing a British oil tanker.
"There is a clash of wills underway between the United States and Iran with posturing, reactions, signals and which can from one day to the next get out of control," Lecointre told CNews television.
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