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France Warns Iran on Nuclear Program
French President Jacques Chirac warned Iran today that it could be referred to the U.N. Security Council over its nuclear program, Agence France-Presse reported (see GSN, July 21). “I hope that [EU-Iran talks] will end favorably and eliminate the danger of proliferation,” Chirac told the Israeli Haaretz newspaper. “If that is not the case then it will naturally fall to the Security Council to consider the question,” said Chirac. Chirac added, however, that he was not in favor of a military solution to the standoff. Meanwhile, a delegation led by top Iranian nuclear negotiator Hassan Rohani has delivered “a significant and complete message” to the European Union on the “means of getting out of the current situation,” negotiator Hossein Mousavian told AFP. Mousavian added that Wednesday’s discussions in London between the two sides were “constructive.” Iranian President-elect Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, however, reiterated yesterday that Iran would not relinquish its nuclear energy program. “Just as we hate weapons of mass destruction, we hate that some want to deprive other people from the right to peacefully use nuclear energy,” said Ahmadinejad. Elsewhere, Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon called today for economic sanctions on Iran. “Iran becoming a nuclear power cannot be tolerated,” Sharon told the French daily Le Figaro (Agence France-Presse/SpaceWar.com, July 22).
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