A source from the Iranian Embassy in France dismissed a false claim made earlier by Reuters that Iran and North Korea were working together to produce nuclear weapons, IRNA News Agency reported on Friday.
The news was reported by Reuters, citing the Paris-based dissident National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI).
The source from the Iranian Embassy said that the false reporting is related to the soon approaching deadline for Iran's nuclear program deal on June 30:
"It was quite predictable in advance that with approaching deadline for signing of an Iran-Sextet [P5+1 group] final nuclear agreement and increased chances for cracking a win-win deal with the West on Iran's peaceful nuclear program the broadcasting of such false and baseless news, too, will accelerate."