French President Nicolas Sarkozy has claimed that he is ready to travel to Tehran to discuss a civilian nuclear partnership if the country improves its cooperation with the UN atomic watchdog.

“If Iran allows the IAEA to carry out its checks, I would be ready to travel to Tehran to discuss a collaboration on civilian nuclear energy,” he said.
But Sarkozy should answer one question.
If Iran is not fully cooperating with the IAEA, why did the IAEA-Iran modality plan produce positive results and answer most of the major questions about Iran’s nuclear program?
These efforts have won the praise of the IAEA director general and conscientious nuclear experts all over the world.
The hyperactive Sarkozy is confusing the great and civilized Iranian nation with other countries, some of which had been its former colonies, and with which it is currently brokering nuclear deals solely for economic gain.
Sarkozy wants Iran to give up its right to nuclear technology and then beg France for civilian nuclear technology.
If France was really interested in nuclear cooperation with Iran, it would have continued its cooperation in building the Darkhowein nuclear power plant. After all, the two countries’ signed a deal for the project before the Islamic Revolution. Moreover, Iran has officially announced that it is prepared to establish a consortium for nuclear enrichment with all countries interested in the project, including the United States.
Furthermore, Iran has had a 10 percent share in the Eurodif uranium enrichment plant since 1975, but France has reneged on the contract and denied Iran’s interest.
“Everyone agrees on the fact that what the Iranians are doing has no civilian explanation,” Sarkozy claimed in an interview with Le Nouvel Observateur, referring to Tehran’s uranium enrichment work. “The only debate is about whether they will develop a military capacity in one or five years.”
We advise Mr. Sarkozy to read the statements of International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Mohamed ElBaradei, who has said IAEA inspectors have not found any evidence suggesting that Iran is developing nuclear weapons. ElBaradei has even gone further and said if any country had any evidence to the contrary, it should inform the agency.
Sarkozy warned of the risk of a war with Iran if Israel considered its security seriously threatened by Tehran’s nuclear drive. “The problem for us is not so much the risk that the Americans launch a military intervention, but that the Israelis consider their security to be truly threatened.”
The French leader is well aware of the fact that Israel is the only nuclear-armed country in the Middle East and has produced a stockpile of over 200 nuclear warheads through its nuclear program, which Paris greatly assisted at one time.
Mr. Sarkozy should also recall that the Israeli army suffered a humiliating defeat in its war against Hezbollah in the summer of 2006 when it invaded Lebanon, so how could such a small country dare to attack a country like Iran, which is described as the most powerful country in the region by friends and foes alike?
Furthermore, what would be the justification for launching a war against Iran?