Chirac retracts Iran remarks
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French President Jacques Chirac plays down the threat from a nuclear-armed Iran, but later reconsiders.
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French President Jacques Chirac said on   Monday talks with Iran on its nuclear ambitions should be   pursued since U.N. sanctions have never worked well, a fresh   hint of EU misgivings over Washington's calls for punishing   Tehran.
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French presidential frontrunner Nicolas Sarkozy distances himself from President Chirac's legacy.
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The French government's note of alarm isn't  directed solely towards Tehran but Russia and China too
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Officials played down the significance of President Jacques Chiracâs comments, saying they were of a general nature.
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy accused Iran directly of seeking nuclear weapons Thursday and suggested tougher sanctions against the Mideast nation.
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French President Jacques Chirac backtracked on Thursday after saying it would not be dangerous for Iran to have a nuclear bomb, a sharp departure from France's position and the stance of close allies.
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French President Jacques Chirac said  on Tuesday Iran must suspend uranium enrichment, a process  which can produce fuel for power plants or bombs, before talks  aimed at defusing a nuclear standoff can go ahead.
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French President Jacques Chirac has said it would not be very dangerous for Iran to have a nuclear bomb, but later retracted the remark, according to an interview with two U.S. newspapers and a French magazine published on Thursday.
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On network televsion last night, timed to precede today's UN Security Council meeting on the issue, French President Nicolas Sarkozy accused Iran of trying to obtain a nuclear bomb. He also said he supported "stronger sanctions" to prevent that from happening. "Iran is trying to obtain an atomic bomb," Sarkozy said in a prime-time television interview late Thursday, Sept. 20. "That is unacceptable and I tell the French people it is unacceptable."  The five UN Security Council permanent members and Germany are meeting in Washington, DC, today to discuss Iran. US President George W. Bush has escalated rhetoric over Iran in recent weeks.
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Accusing Iran of seeking nuclear weapons, French President Nicolas Sarkozy suggested tougher sanctions against the Mideast nation Thursday over its refusal to suspend nuclear activities.
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French President Jacques Chirac, seen here, has urged world powers not to refer Iran to the UN Security Council over its nuclear programme, at the same time calling on Tehran to give up uranium enrichment ...
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France does not believe claims by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad that his country&#39;s nuclear activities are peaceful, President Nicolas Sarkozy&#39;s office said Thursday.
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President Jacques Chirac backtracked Thursday and said a nuclear-armed Iran would be unacceptable, reversing earlier comments that Tehran's possession of a nuclear bomb would not be 'very dangerous.' ...Comment
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Â· Officials back nuclear inspector's warning Â· Tehran denounces French extremism in row
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Iran said on Sunday there was no obstacle for French Foreign Minister to visit Tehran to clarify his comments that raised the specter of war over the country's atomic work, which the West fears is a cover to obtain atomic bomb.
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Iran stepped back from its tough rhetoric of recent days on Thursday, saying there was a "not small" chance Tehran would reach a deal with European Union negotiators on its nuclear program.