France threatened with nuclear attack?

MEMRI just translated and posted a November 8, 2006 article from Jomhouri-ye Eslami, a "conservative Iranian daily…which is affiliated with the religious seminaries in Qom,"Iran. The editorial appears to threaten nuclear attack on France, and by extension, any western countries that oppose Iran. The article says,

"None of the threats of nuclear retaliation [that have been made] by [French President] Jacques Chirac... have been forgotten. France never even apologized [for this threat], never explained it, and never amended it."

A footnote to this quote refers to a January 2006 radio address in which French President Jacques Chirac "stated that France would use non-conventional weapons against anyone threatening it with terrorism."

The article concludes saying,

"Under these circumstances, we should consider a change in the one-sided benefits derived by France from its economic and industrial ties with us. [This] will make it possible to prevent further insolence [on France's part], while making it clear to [Iran's] other economic partners that there is a limit to our patience [in the face of] their irresponsible measures, and that the day will come when our patience will run out, and [then] we will act as they would have acted - much earlier - had they been in our shoes." (emphasis mine).

There are no good solutions to the nuclear problem in Iran, but the very worst solution of all is to wait until they actually have nuclear weapons before we react.