France says all must be done to avoid war with Iran
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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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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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"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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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.
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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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PARIS - Accusing Iran of seeking nuclear weapons, President Nicolas Sarkozy of France yesterday suggested tougher sanctions against the Mideast nation over its refusal to suspend nuclear activities.
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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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U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan on   Monday stressed the need to avoid a confrontation with Iran   over its nuclear ambitions, a day after Tehran told him it was   determined to negotiate an end to its standoff with the West.
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Any military strike against Iran in the dispute over its nuclear program would risk destabilizing the region, French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin said in an interview released on Friday.
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The French government's note of alarm isn't  directed solely towards Tehran but Russia and China too
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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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Iran's foreign ministry criticized France on Monday for a blunt warning over the weekend that Europe must prepare for war if Tehran continues to flout international demands to stop producing nuclear fuel.
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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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Russia and China expressed alarm on Tuesday over comments by France's foreign minister that Paris should prepare for the prospect of war with Iran, which the West accuses of secretly developing nuclear weapons.
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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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France does not believe claims by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad that his country&#39;s nuclear activities are peaceful, President Nicolas Sarkozy&#39;s office said Thursday.