Iran risks major crisis over nuclear plans – France

Reuters: Iran could start a major international crisis if it does not back down on its decision to resume activities at a sensitive nuclear plant, French Foreign Minister Philippe Douste-Blazy
said on Tuesday.
“I think this Iranian affair is very serious and that it could be
the start of a major crisis,” Douste-Blazy told reporters after a cabinet meeting. Reuters

PARIS – Iran could start a major international crisis if it does not back down on its decision to resume activities at a sensitive nuclear plant, French Foreign Minister Philippe Douste-Blazy said on Tuesday.

“I think this Iranian affair is very serious and that it could be the start of a major crisis,” Douste-Blazy told reporters after a cabinet meeting.

Iran said earlier on Tuesday that its decision to resume activities at a nuclear plant near the central city of Isfahan was irreversible.

The so-called EU3 of Britain, France and Germany have been trying to mediate between the United States, which insists Iran is trying to produce nuclear weapons, and the Islamic Republic, which says it has a right to develop peaceful atomic technology.