Barrot confirmed the French government’s attitude that Iran should never have nuclear weapons. “Our priority is to conclude an agreement that demonstrably and permanently restricts the Iranian nuclear program,” said the Foreign Minister.
On Sunday, US President Donald Trump threatened Iran with “bombing” if there was no agreement in the dispute over the Tehrans nuclear program. As a result, the spiritual head of Iran, Ayatollah Ali Chamenei, replied on Monday that there was “definitely a strong counterattack” if the United States should implement its threats.
The western states have accused Iran for years to strive for the construction of nuclear weapons. Tehran denies this. In 2015, Tehran signed an agreement with the West, which provided for the loosening of sanctions in return for a restriction of the Iranian nuclear program. During the first presidency of Trump, the United States retired one -sidedly from the agreement in 2018. Efforts to revive the nuclear agreement has failed since then.
Since his re -entry into the White House, Trump has opened openly for a dialogue with Tehran, wrote a letter to Chameni and proposed negotiations on the Iranian nuclear program. At the same time, the US President threatened to intervene militarily.
