Iran advised its citizens to avoid traveling to France, whose major cities have been gripped with violent unrest for days.
Tehran also called on the French government and police to exercise self-restraint, avoid violence, and pay attention to the protesters' demands.
Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman, Nasser Kanaani, advised on Sunday Iranian nationals to stay away from "unnecessary trips" to France, amid ongoing unrest there following the police shooting of a teenage boy.
"We advise the French government and police to heed the demands of the protesters while exercising restraint and avoiding violence," he said.
"The government of France is expected to stop coercive treatment of its people by respecting the principles based upon human dignity, freedom of speech, and the citizens' right to peaceful protests," the spokesman added.
France is witnessing widespread riots after a French police officer shot and killed Nael, 17, during a traffic check.
Tehran had previously harshly criticized France for the protests that erupted in Iran after the death of the young woman, Mahsa Amini, who was arrested by the morality police.
Iranian authorities blamed foreign parties for the outbreak of the latest wave of protests, describing them as "riots."
Last month, Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei said in a speech marking the thirty-fourth anniversary of Khomeini's passing, that the riots last autumn were "planned comprehensively in the think tanks of Western nations and carried out with the extensive financial, military, and media backing of the Western security agencies, the traitors and mercenaries who turned against their homeland, and the agents pursuing policies hostile to Iran."
Khamenei also reviewed a long list of accusations against Western countries, saying they included "teaching how to make hand grenades through foreign media, promoting separatist slogans and armed movements, and senior politicians from some Western governments taking photos with mercenaries who claimed to be Iranian."
Hundreds of citizens and dozens of security forces were killed on the sidelines of the protests, and the authorities arrested more than 20,000. It also detained foreign tourists who were visiting the country.
In October, the Iranian Foreign Ministry condemned French President Emmanuel Macron for remarks in which he expressed solidarity with protesters, saying it was "meddlesome" and served to encourage "violent people and lawbreakers."
In May, Iran released two French detainees, and France is still seeking the return of four citizens detained in Tehran.
Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian told Le Figaro newspaper that Paris had taken positive steps, and the two sides are continuing their contact to overcome misunderstandings.
The French foreign ministry described the four French citizens imprisoned by Iran as "hostages."
The detainees include Cecile Kohler and Jacques Paris, arrested on May 7, 2022, Louis Arnaud, detained since September 28, and another French citizen confirmed to be held but never named.
