France looking to strengthen relations with Iran

In a bid to make a fresh start, the new French government’s policy towards Iran will be more flexible

France and Iran have had a feisty relationship in recent years. however, what many people don’t know is that the two countries share a rich culture which goes way back to the XVII century.

From the Persian Letters to Montesquieu to the choice of used Sadi for the name of former French Republic president Sadi Carnot to pay homage to great Persian poet Saadi. These seven centuries old relations have deep roots in both countries’ history.

After the Islamic Revolution in 1979, relations between the two nations went through a testing period.

Also, unfortunately, in recent years, relations and cooperation between Iran and France have been particularly influenced improperly and unfairly by the nuclear dilemma. .

Iran’s nuclear program began more than half a century ago with the involvement of Western countries (including France) and continued with purely civilian targets and in order to ensure the objectives of development.

Recall that Iran is a member of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and has ratified the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) for years before France did so.

The IAEA has conducted 4,000 inspections-day [the equivalent of 4,000 days of inspections if the work had been done by one man] in Iran. Dozens of unannounced inspections have been completed and confirmed the absence of any deviation in Iran’s nuclear
program. Negotiations restarted in Istanbul in January with the 5 +1 group [ U.S. , Russia , China , France and Britain, plus Germany ]will continue May 23 in Baghdad.

Under President Nicolas Sarkozy , the French position was to refuse to mitigate the coercive measures taken against Iran, without commitment by the latter to suspend its uranium enrichment activities .

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Posted by Taimoor Tariq on May 18 2012. Filed under Middle East. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can leave a response or trackback to this entry