Douste-Blazy told French television that it is "very simple: No civilian nuclear program can explain Iran's nuclear program."
His remarks came two days after Tehran confirmed it is resuming sensitive uranium-enrichment work.
Douste-Blazy called the enrichment "a clandestine military nuclear program."
On 15 February, Iranian parliament speaker Gholamali Haddad Adel, during a visit to Caracas, Venezuela, suggested that Iran could consider helping Venezuela develop nuclear technology for the peaceful generation of energy.
Haddad Adel said Iran and Venezuela have not had any conversations on nuclear cooperation, but Iran would be willing to study the possibility.
(AFP)
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