France says in a hurry to reach Iran sanctions deal
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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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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.
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France hopes to be able to  announce an agreement about a simplified management structure  for European defense group EADS  at a summit meeting on  Monday, but Germany is in no hurry to strike a deal.
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"This will not bear fruit and will mostly work against them and we will continue our constructive cooperation with the (International Atomic Energy) agency"  The U.N. Security Council's five permanent members and Germany are expected to agree Tuesday on a new resolution to pressure Iran over its nuclear program, a French diplomat said.The senior diplomat, who briefed reporters Monday on condition that he not be identified by name, said an agreement was very close and should be finalized by the six nation's foreign ministers at a meeting in Berlin, Germany.Analysts and the meeting's German host were more cautious about what the talks could produce. Momentum for a third resolution has slowed since a U.S. intelligence assessment last month indicated Tehran had stopped active work on a nuclear weapons program in 2003. Read more
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France says the European Union and Iran have made &quot;considerable progress&quot; towards reaching a preliminary agreement on Tehran&#39;s nuclear program at talks in Paris.
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Iran will not abandon its right to nuclear technology despite the threat of more sanctions, Tehran told France in a letter published on Monday, a day before talks to try to defuse the atomic row with the West.
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PARIS - France said on Sunday that EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana and Iran had weeks rather than months to agree an agenda for talks about Tehran's nuclear programme.Asked by LCI television how much time ...Comment
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FOR THE SECOND time in a year, European foreign ministers are close to striking an interim deal with Iran over its nuclear program.
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Germany, France and Britain have agreed to set a November deadline for Iran to meet UN demands to clear up concerns that the country is covertly trying to make nuclear weapons, a diplomatic source said here Saturday.
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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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The six powers seeking a U.N. resolution to punish Iran for its nuclear program are nearing agreement on a text, France's foreign minister said Monday.
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French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner said on Thursday that France backs the rapid adoption of &quot;new sanctions&quot; against Iran if it maintains its refusal to suspend uranium enrichment.
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UNITED NATIONS, Sept. 27 -- The U.N. Security Council probably will delay a move to impose new sanctions against Iran until December, when U.N. weapons inspectors conclude a review of Iran's past nuclear activities, French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner said Thursday.
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The refusal threatened to scuttle a nuclear agreement Iran reached 10 days ago with France, Britain and Germany.
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Six major powers are in a position to  agree on the text of a United Nations resolution on how to  respond to Iran's nuclear program, French Foreign Minister  Philippe Douste-Blazy said on Monday.
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Britain, France and Germany are ready to set a November deadline for Iran to ally suspicions it is secretly making nuclear weapons, in a UN draft resolution that brings the Euro 3 closer to the US hard line, diplomats said Saturday.
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French officials say an initial accord is likely between the EU and Iran over Tehran's nuclear programme.