TEHRAN, Iran, September 18, SPA -- President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Tuesday shrugged off a French warning of war if Iran develops a nuclear weapon, saying the comments were not tobe taken seriously. French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner gave the warningon Sunday, a sign of a toughening stance by his country inthe West's efforts to rein in Iran's nuclear program. Tehran denies any intention to build a bomb. «We do not take these threats seriously,» Ahmadinejadsaid, according to Iran's state news agency IRNA. «Mediaspeculations are different from real words and we do nottake these remarks seriously.»--SPA www.spa.gov.sa/483687