Iran scorns French warning of war
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Iran's media respond furiously as France's foreign minister warns of possible war over Tehran's nuclear programme.
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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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Iran accused of threatening to place Middle East under shadow of nuclear holocaust.
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The US president warns Iran to stop supporting attacks against US forces in Iraq, in a speech to war veterans.
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France's foreign minister warned Sunday that the world should prepare for war if Iran obtains nuclear weapons and said European leaders were considering their own economic sanctions against the Islamic country.
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Iran warns against any attempt to destroy its nuclear facilities, amid reports Israel is buying heavy-duty bombs.
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Iran rejected a European demand to stop building a heavy-water nuclear reactor that provides a simpler way of extracting weapons-grade fuel, and it warned the United States on Sunday "not to play with fire" by repeatedly threatening Tehran.
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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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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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A military strike on Iran's nuclear facilities would be "a mistake", the EU's foreign policy chief warns.
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Iran said on Sunday the threat of   sanctions was a "psychological game" aimed at putting pressure   on the Islamic Republic over its nuclear program, which the   West fears is aimed at producing atomic weapons.
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While the French foster a sense of urgency over Iran's nuclear program, Tehran's neighbors are fearful of what a showdown may bring
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Iran Tuesday condemned the kidnapping of two French journalists in Iraq stressing such actions were regrettable and unacceptable.
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UNITED NATIONS : Iranian Foreign Minister Kamal Kharazi warned his country would react &quot;most severely&quot; to any Israeli strike against its nuclear facilities.
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Iran said on Wednesday it would use "all our means" to defend itself if attacked by the West, three days after France's foreign minister publicly raised the possibility of war over Tehran's disputed nuclear activities.
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French President Jacques Chirac said in an interview with three newspapers that Iran's possession of a nuclear bomb wouldn't be "very dangerous" and that if it used the weapon on Israel, Tehran would be immediately "razed."
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France&#39;s foreign minister, Michel Barnier, insisted yesterday that Iran must assure the world that it does not plan to acquire atomic weapons as European nations lost patience with Teheran over its nuclear programme.