Iran is not seeking nuclear weapons: Assad

 

Iran is not seeking to obtain nuclear weapons, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said Saturday following talks with President Nicolas Sarkozy.

Speaking at a press conference, Assad said Tehran had “no intention to possess nuclear weapons.”

The French president called on Syria to use its relations with Iran to help end the stand-off over Tehran’s suspected nuclear weapons drive.

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“For France, the detention of nuclear weapons by Iran is not envisageable… President Bashar al-Assad bases himself on the declaration by the Iranian authorities that they are not seeking access to such weapons.

“So we ask Syria to convince Iran to provide proof, not just intentions, but proof”, Sarkozy said.

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