French foreign minister Laurent Fabius urges other negotiators to take a tough stance if Ayatollah Khamenei continues to resist inspections

The French foreign minister, Laurent Fabius, whose country has taken a tough stance in the ongoing nuclear negotiations with Iran, has said that France will not sign off on a deal if Tehran rules out inspections of its military sites as part of the final agreement.

“France will not accept a deal if it is not clear that inspections can be done at all Iranian installations, including military sites,” Fabius told French lawmakers at the national assembly in Paris on Wednesday, urging other negotiating partners to adopt a similar position.

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