French President Nicolas Sarkozy’s top diplomatic adviser branded Iran a “fascist state” in a meeting with senior US officials last year, according to documents leaked on Sunday by website WikiLeaks.
Jean-David Levitte made the comment in talks on September 16, 2009 with US Assistant Secretary of State Philip Gordon, according to a copy of a US memo published on the website of the British daily The Guardian.
Levitte warned that Iran’s response to US President Barack Obama’s bid to engage it on dialogue over the future of its alleged nuclear weapons program was a “farce” and regretted that Moscow had taken it seriously.
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“The current Iranian regime is effectively a fascist state and the time has come to decide on next steps,” Levitte warned, according to the memo, as he called for Obama to talk with Sarkozy about a tougher sanctions regime.
