Iran Nuclear Watch: Jacques Chirac Says France’s Stance on Iran Unchanged

Iranian students fill in the papers of registration forms indicating their readiness for martyrdom, or to carry out suicide attacks, in Tehran, Iran, Saturday, Feb. 18, 2006. A gathering of Iranians who claim they are dedicated to becoming suicide bombers warned the United States and Britain on Saturday of attacks on coalition military bases in Iraq if there were a strike against Tehran’s nuclear facilities.

ASSociated Press: Chirac: France’s Stance on Iran Unchanged

French President Jacques Chirac said Saturday only the U.N. nuclear watchdog could draw conclusions about the goal of Iran’s nuclear program, steering clear of his foreign minister’s recent declaration that it is a clandestine weapons project.

Chirac said it was not his role to say whether Iran was secretly making nuclear weapons.

“There are experts who are qualified to speak on the subject, and they are from the International Atomic Energy Agency,” Chirac told a news conference in Bangkok, the first stop on an Asian tour that also takes him to India. “Let’s see what the experts say … we are not going to enter into what-if in this situation.”

French Foreign Minister Philippe Douste-Blazy on Thursday called Iran’s nuclear activity a “clandestine military nuclear program” and accused Tehran of ignoring the international community’s demand to suspend all nuclear activity.

Sounds like President Chirac is distancing himself from his own Foreign Minister or is it ambiguity for which he strives?

Chirac refused to back Douste-Blazy’s comments and sought to recast them as no different from what France has always said.

“The position of France has absolutely not changed,” Chirac said. “It is a common position that we share with our British and German partners.”

The position of France is irrelevant in any case.

The United States and Israel will carry the burden to end the Iranian nuclear weapons program.

With regards to the “Winds of War” photo above showing Iranian youths applying for martyrdom, it is folly to think that the full force of the United States and Israel, including the use of tactical nuclear weapons would not be used against Iranian military assets. Many of these young people would die before becoming martyrs and suicide bombers.

Iran MUST stand down their nuclear program.

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