Iran is a threat to peace

Deccan Herald ^ | 24 November 2005 | DH News Service London:

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Tony Blair has voiced “genuine” concerns over Iran, saying the government in Tehran poses a potential threat to world peace. Tony Blair has voiced “genuine” concerns over Iran, saying the government in Tehran poses a potential threat to world peace.

The British Prime Minister’s deliberately timed comments are bound to enrage Iran which is under huge international pressure to abandon its uranium enrichment programme assisted by Pakistan. On Thursday, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) board is meeting in Vienna to consider whether the enrichment programme amounts to a violation of Tehran’s international treaty obligations.

A negative finding by the IAEA could lead to economic sanctions imposed on Iran and backed by the full weight of the United Nations Security Council. This is just the kind of outcome Iran is desperate to avoid, so Blair’s tough talk focussing on Tehran’s nuclear ambitions, alleged support for terrorism and so-called “meddling” across the border in Iraq is cause for concern to the Iranian authorities.

In his testimony to a committee of senior backbench members of parliament, Blair said the three issues were a cause for “real, genuine cause for concern”. He said, “Now no one is talking military action or any of the rest of it. Iran is a quite different country in many, many ways and it may well be that the change in Iran comes from within, ultimately. But it is a concern and a worry because they are a powerful country with a large part of the world’s energy resources at their disposal.” Asserting that recent events in Iran “don’t exactly augur well”, he added, “Things have definitely got more difficult since the election of the new president, and we have to be honest about that”.

The key to Blair’s speech is his evaluation of Iran’s nuclear intentions. He has served notice on Iran on behalf of the West that, unlike Pakistan, it will not be permitted to develop nuclear weapons because that would amount to “a very serious threat to world stability and peace”.

If the Iranians refuse to kowtow to Western pressure by abandoning the key elements of their nuclear programme, they can expect a lot more fingerwagging from Blair, accompanied by not so subtle hints about the need for regime change.

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[rightwingcrazy]

"...they can expect a lot more fingerwagging from Blair, accompanied by not so subtle hints about the need for regime change."

Fingerpointing and subtle hints? Does international law still allow that?

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[johnny7]

I'd like to know who they BOUGHT them from.

1.) Chinee
2.) Ruskies
3.) Euro-Weenie's

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To: Shirley Ujest

The full weight of the UN security council, finger waggling and unsubtle hints.

!! HAHAHAH !!

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