What happened when Ahmadinejad sent Jalili to France instead of Ali to Rajani? On the "Information" page, the "Islamic Republic" newspaper quoted Iran's former cultural advisor in France and wrote: At the height of the nuclear crisis, Ali Larijani planned to travel to Paris to meet French officials. Through my personal connections, arrangements were made for a trip and Rigjani was to meet with Jacques Chirac, then President of France. All preparations were made, but in the 90th minute Ahmadinejad stopped the trip and Jalili arrived in France instead. This change caused the French foreign minister to refuse to meet, and important meetings that were actually planned were canceled, and the events that were supposed to happen did not materialize.