Foreign Correspondence

[StephanieVanbryce]

Britain rejects military action against Iran

By Hannah K. Strange
UPI UK Correspondent

Published March 28, 2006


LONDON -- Military action against Iran is neither appropriate nor conceivable, British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw insisted Tuesday.

Speaking in London as he launched a Foreign Office white paper outlining Britain's international strategy for the coming decade, Straw moved to allay fears that the current stand-off over Iran's alleged bid for nuclear weapons technology would lead to "another Iraq."


Despite the failure of the United Nations Security Council to reach any agreement on how to deal with Iran's nuclear programs at last week's meeting, the foreign secretary maintained that there was a "growing international consensus in the face of Iran's intransigence."

Straw acknowledged that it would be "hard-going" to secure the backing of all Security Council members for a resolution against Iran. However, he hoped it would be possible to agree "the next step" when the five permanent members -- the United States, Britain, France, Russia and China -- and Germany met in Berlin Thursday, he said.

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