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Article: France: Iran Nuclear Program a Cover
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- February 16, 2006
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02-16-2006
Dateline: PARIS
French Foreign Minister Philippe Douste-Blazy said Thursday that Iran's nuclear program is a cover for clandestine military activity.
"No civil nuclear program can explain the Iranian nuclear program. It is a clandestine military nuclear program," Douste-Blazy said on France-2 television. "The international community has sent a very firm message in telling the Iranians to return to reason and suspend all nuclear activity and the enrichment and conversion of uranium, but they aren't listening to us."
Douste-Blazy's comments were likely to increase pressure on Iran amid the international dispute over its nuclear activities, which Tehran insists are purely ...