The spokesman for Iran’s Foreign Ministry has dismissed as “simply absurd” France’s claims about Tehran being on the verge of developing a nuclear weapon.

In a post on his X account on Friday, Esmaeil Baghaei said the French foreign minister’s claim that Iran is on the "cusp of developing" a nuclear weapon is simply absurd.

“This false statement, coupled with the Minister’s open threats to reimpose sanctions, reinforces the suspicion that France's nagging posture risks evolving into a spoiling role,” he added.

The Iranian spokesperson warned that France’s spoiling role would add no credit to the European country and its status in Europe and across the world.

French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot said on Tuesday that Paris, along with Germany and Britain, "will not hesitate for a single second to reapply all the sanctions" lifted a decade ago if European security is threatened by Iran's nuclear activities.

He accused Tehran of being on the cusp of covertly developing a nuclear weapon.

In letters to UN chief General Antonio Guterres and Security Council head Jérôme Bonnafont, Iran's Ambassador to the UN Amir Saeid Iravani lambasted the French foreign minister’s open threat to reimpose sanctions lifted under the 2015 nuclear deal, formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).

“Resorting to threats and economic blackmail is entirely unacceptable and represents a clear breach of the principles enshrined in the UN Charter," Iravani said.

France’s allegations came as Iran and the US have held three rounds of talks in the Omani capital of Muscat and the Italian capital of Rome on April 12, 19 and 26 with the aim of reaching a deal on Iran’s nuclear program and the removal of sanctions on Tehran.

Both parties have so far expressed satisfaction with way the negotiations proceed, praising the talks as "positive" and "moving forward."

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on Wednesday that Tehran and the European troika – the UK, France and Germany, the three European signatories to the JCPOA – will hold a meeting before a fourth round of indirect talks between Iran and the United States.

The top Iranian negotiator on Thursday said Tehran, together with Omani and US interlocutors, decided to postpone the fourth round of talks for logistical and technical reasons.

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