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France Says Iran's Nuclear Program Is 'Military'

16 February 2006 -- French Foreign Minister Philippe Douste-Blazy today for the first time called Iran's nuclear program a "clandestine military" project.

Douste-Blazy told French television that it is, as he put it, "very simple: no civilian nuclear program can explain Iran's nuclear program."

His remarks came two days after Tehran confirmed it is resuming sensitive uranium-enrichment work.

Douste-Blazy called the enrichment "a clandestine military nuclear program."

On 15 February, Iranian parliament speaker Gholamali Haddad Adel, during a visit to Caracas, Venezuela, suggested that Iran could consider helping Venezuela develop nuclear technology for the peaceful generation of energy.

Haddad Adel said Iran and Venezuela have not had any conversations on nuclear cooperation, but Iran would be willing to study the possibility.

(AFP)

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