Chirac Dismisses Iran Nuclear Threat, Then Retracts
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PARIS  -- 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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French President Jacques Chirac has 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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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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TEHRAN -- Iran's supreme leader said yesterday that his country was not seeking nuclear weapons, as Iranian diplomats met with European officials in Paris in new talks aimed at finding a compromise over Tehran's controversial nuclear program.
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TEHRANâIran made Europe an offer yesterday: Stop pressuring us on nuclear energy and we&#39;ll guarantee not to make a nuclear bomb.
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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 Paris should prepare for that possibility.
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Iran backs down on its demand to exempt some of its technology from a nuclear freeze, diplomats say.
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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 sudden departure from the position France has long held with key allies.
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Iran on Sunday rejected European demands it halt its pursuit of nuclear technology but reiterated its readiness to provide assurances it would not use that technology to build atomic weapons.
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Iran dismissed on Tuesday threats of force to make it back down over its nuclear program and said only negotiations -- without the precondition that it stop enriching uranium -- could resolve the dispute.
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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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PARIS - French President Jacques Chirac announced on Sunday he would not seek re-election next month, bowing out of frontline politics after a 45-year career that ...Comment
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France cannot accept a nuclear-armed  Iran, President Jacques Chirac's office said on Thursday,  back-tracking on earlier remarks by the president that it would  not be dangerous for Iran to have an atom bomb.
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France and the US dismiss the UN nuclear watchdog's finding that there is no evidence Iran is building a bomb.
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French President Jacques Chirac 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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According to France&#39;s Foreign Ministry. Paris talks between EU and Iranian officials aimed at persuading Tehran to stop developing nuclear weapons.
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy said on Monday a diplomatic push by the world's powers to rein in Tehran's nuclear programme was the only alternative to "an Iranian bomb or the bombing of Iran".