PARIS
Iran has the right to operate a civil nuclear program, but not create a bomb, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius have said.
Fabius told reporters in a joint press conference with Kerry in Paris on Wednesday that they had agreed that Iran "definitely has the right to produce civil nuclear energy but not an atomic bomb."
"They have the right of their peaceful program but not to track a bomb," added Kerry.
He said it should be "easy" for Iran to prove that its nuclear program was peaceful taking into consideration that time was running out on Tehran's negotiations with world powers.
Kerry is due to meet top diplomats from Iran and the European Union in Oman over the weekend ahead of a crucial round of talks over Tehran's nuclear activities in Vienna before a November 24 deadline.
Kerry and Fabius also discussed a variety of issues, topped by the ongoing fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.
The U.S. is leading an international anti-ISIL coalition, which includes France, Germany, and Saudi Arabia, among others, and has carried out numerous airstrikes against ISIL in Iraq since August.
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