PRETORIA (IRNA) -- South African Deputy Foreign Minister Aziz Pahd here Wednesday expressed his country's concern about recent remarks of France Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner on possible military operation against Iran.

Pahd made the remark in a press conference in Pretoria in which he also warned that such irresponsible remarks will have dangerous consequences for regional and global peace and stability.
Pointing to a softer stance taken by France after a meeting between the French and Russian foreign ministers in Moscow in this regard, he said that their emphasis on diplomacy to end the nuclear crisis has reduced international worries.
Using force against Iran will entangle the region and whole world in a critical situation, he noted.
He underlined the importance of respecting indisputable right of all countries to make use of nuclear technologies for peaceful purposes, adding that Pretoria is of the opinion that the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is the best body to deal with the nuclear dossier of Iran.
The official further noted that the report of IAEA Director General Mohamed ElBaradei for Iran indicates that Tehran makes efforts to move forward in the process of confidence-building and solving the remaining issues.
""We call on Iran to continue its full cooperation with the nuclear agency and support any move, which can reduce current tensions,"" he said.
Elsewhere in his remarks, he referred to the existing crises in Iraq and Afghanistan, underlining that all countries should avoid being used as a new front against Iran, otherwise, the status of the region and world will become 'complicated and dangerous'