Chirac offers, then retracts, musings on a nuclear Iran
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PARIS -- President Jacques Chirac said in an interview that if Iran possessed one or two nuclear weapons it would not pose much of a danger, but if Iran were ever to launch a nuclear weapon against a country such as Israel, it would lead to the immediate destruction of Tehran.
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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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PARIS - A few days before French Foreign Minister Michel Barnier boarded his plane to Ben-Gurion International Airport, his aides managed to drop a few heavy hints concerning France&#39;s good intentions vis-a-vis Israel.
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French President Jacques Chirac, seen here, 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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THE OFFER: Britain, France and Germany are offering Iran a trade agreement and the chance to buy nuclear fuel in exchange for a promise to suspend enrichment of uranium.
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PARIS - French President Jacques Chirac has said it would not be very dangerous for Iran to have a nuclear bomb, but later retracted the remark, according to an interview ...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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PARIS - French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner yesterday strongly defended his sharp stance on Iran's nuclear program, saying his remarks that the world had to prepare for a possible war against Iran had been misinterpreted and that he was a man of peace.
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While the French foster a sense of urgency over Iran's nuclear program, Tehran's neighbors are fearful of a showdown
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Iran told the European Union's foreign  policy chief Javier Solana last weekend that it is prepared to  discuss suspending its uranium enrichment program, a French  foreign ministry spokesman confirmed on Friday.
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Iran has sent mixed signals on a European Union proposal, under which Tehran would abandon efforts to develop nuclear weapons in return for greater cooperation in the nuclear-energy sphere and expanded trade opportunities.
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DIFFERENT TAKES: Blair said Europe should stop ridiculing the US and instead work to shape its foreign policy. But Chirac countered that Europe would get little in return.
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French President Jacques Chirac is hinting that a third presidential run might not be in the cards, but he has not ruled one out.
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FranceÂs president suggested that Iran would not have to freeze major nuclear activities until formal negotiations began.
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French Foreign Minister Michel Barnier said Iran's controversial nuclear program could be referred to the UN Security Council if the world is not reassured about its nuclear ambitions.
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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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TEHRANâIran made Europe an offer yesterday: Stop pressuring us on nuclear energy and we&#39;ll guarantee not to make a nuclear bomb.