France warning of war with Iran
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France's foreign minister says the world should prepare "at worst" for war over Iran's nuclear programme.
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WASHINGTON, Feb 4 (IPS) - In a sharp departure from U.S. policy, a leading  French diplomat has called on the international coalition  sponsoring U.N. sanctions against Iran to support a larger  Iranian role in the Middle East.
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"We must negotiate right to the end"  The French government has asked the country's biggest companies not to invest in Iran, as the tension mounts over Tehran's nuclear ambitions ahead of a meeting this week of the world's big powers. via MSN Money
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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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"Next week in New York there will be discussions to try to have a resolution. If in the framework of the U.N. things are not sufficient, we will act in the European framework."  France's foreign minister appeared Tuesday to soften his weekend warning of war with Iran if it develops nuclear weapons, emphasizing instead the need to 'negotiate, negotiate, negotiate without respite.'Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner also had said that European leaders were considering their own economic sanctions against Iran over its refusal to halt the enrichment of uranium in its nuclear program.Kouchner, who is on his first trip to Moscow as France's top diplomat, on Sunday said 'we must prepare ourselves for the worst' if Iran obtains nuclear weapons, and he specified that could mean a war. Read more
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French President Jacques Chirac said that a nuclear-armed Iran was unacceptable, setting the record straight after stating that Tehran's possession of the bomb would not be &quot;very dangerous.&quot;
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The foreign ministers of Britain and Germany issued a joint warning to Iran on Tuesday to address international worries about its nuclear program, serving notice that Tehran must take action immediately.
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France's foreign minister says the world should prepare for the possibility of war over Iran's nuclear programme.
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In his first major foreign policy speech as president, Nicolas Sarkozy of France said yesterday that Iran could be attacked militarily if it did not live up to its international obligations to curb its nuclear program.
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France said on Wednesday world powers  must agree quickly on sanctions against Iran over its nuclear  program or put the credibility of the United Nations at risk.
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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&#39;s  atomic work, which the West fears is a cover to obtain atomic  bomb.
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Iran on Monday accused French Foreign  Minister Bernard Kouchner of stoking a crisis after he said  France must prepare for the possibility of war over Tehran&#39;s  disputed nuclear program.
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France and its G8 partners should call for a complete suspension by Iran of its advanced uranium enrichment programme, the French foreign ministry said on Saturday.
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Iranâs state-run news agency attacked the French government today after the French foreign minister said the world should brace for war against Iran.
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French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner said on Sunday his country had to prepare for the possibility of war against Iran over its nuclear program, but he did not believe any such action was imminent.
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ANGOULEME, France  - Everything must be done to avoid the prospect of war with Iran, French Prime Minister Francois Fillon said on Monday, a day after his foreign minister said the country should prepare for that possibility.
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France took the first steps Monday to set up a European sanctions regime against the Islamic government in Tehran, after warning that Iran&#39;s failure to renounce nuclear weapons could lead to war.