France says Iranian "rocket" cannot work in space
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France said on Thursday an Iranian rocket Tehran says is intended to put a satellite into orbit is in fact a missile that cannot navigate in space, and added to concerns that the technology is aimed at making weapons.
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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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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's announcement that it launched a research rocket has called new attention to a space program that Tehran says is peaceful but which some fear aims to produce long-range ballistic missiles that could reach Europe or the United States
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Definitely not a missile. Honest. Iran distracted attention from its nuclear program this weekend, by announcing it had shot off a rocket into space. Or, according to who you believe, it had tested a dirty great missile.â¦
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Iran has given a response to EU pressure for it to suspend uranium enrichment, the French foreign ministry said.
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President Nicolas Sarkozy of France also reiterated that a nuclear-armed Iran was âunacceptableâ for France.
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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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Iran's firing of a rocket was called "unfortunate," but what about its leader's latest accessory?.
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Iran will not abandon its right to nuclear technology despite the threat of more sanctions, it told France in a letter published on Monday, a day before talks to try to defuse its row with the West.
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âA nuclear-armed Iran is for me unacceptable,â President Nicolas Sarkozy of France said in a speech today.
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Israeli Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz has told French lawmakers that Iran is at "the point of no-return" on building nuclear weapons, according to a transcript of his remarks to the National Assembly.
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Iran will not abandon its right to nuclear technology regardless of threats of more sanctions, Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said in a letter to his French counterpart issued on Monday by an Iranian news agency.
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French foreign minister says country has to prepare for possibility of war against Iran over nuclear programme.
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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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PARIS - French President Jacques Chirac told reporters an Iran that possessed one or two nuclear weapons would not pose much of a danger and then retracted many of his comments, the International Herald Tribune ...Comment
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Iran signalled its ambition to join the elite group of nations in space yesterday by claiming to have reached orbit with a rocket capable of carrying satellites