French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner said on Sunday that France will back international sanctions against Iran if the Islamic republic does not halt its programme of uranium enrichment.

“We are united (within the international community) for sanctions on Iran”, said Kouchner in Jerusalem.

Western nations accuse Iran of seeking to develop the atomic bomb. Kouchner warned Iran of and adventurism in Lebanon and said that Hizbullah was an instrument of threat in the Iranian regime’s hands.