Iran attacks 'American' French after war warning

Iran's official media launched a blistering attack on France on Monday after its foreign minister warned the world to brace for war, accusing Paris of taking an even harder line than Washington.
"The new occupants of the Elysees want to copy the White House," the state-run IRNA news agency wrote in an editorial, referring to the French presidential palace.

It said that since Nicolas Sarkozy took over as president from Jacques Chirac and promoted closer ties with the United States, "he has taken on an American skin".

"The French people will never forget the era when a non-European moved into the Elysees," it said.

The withering comments came after French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner said the world should brace for a possible war over Iran's nuclear drive, which has already been the target of two sets of UN sanctions. AFP