Wednesday, January 26, 2005

Blair Words on Iran Conflicting

Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting:
Prime Minister Tony Blair Wednesday dismissed claims that the US was currently planning to attack Iran as a flight of the worst imagination. ...

But in an interview with the Financial Times, he sent conflicting signals by not ruling out an eventual US attack on Iran's facilities when replying `yes' to whether it may be theoretically the only way to stop Iran acquiring a nuclear weapon. ...

He sent further mixed signals by suggesting that Iran's genuine compliance would see the US backing the diplomatic rapprochement with Tehran fostered by Britain, France and Germany.