Date published: 2006/03/13
The BBC says:
UK Foreign Secretary Jack Straw has appealed to the Iranian people - saying he wants to help them have a freer and more prosperous future.
In a speech in London Mr Straw said the Iranian people "deserved better" than their current government.
International agencies should publish more reports in Farsi on the internet to help reach the Iranians, he said.
The UN Security Council is to discuss Iran's nuclear programme but Mr Straw says military action is inconceivable.
He refused to comment directly when asked by the BBC's Frank Gardner about contingency plans being drawn up by US military chiefs about possible strikes on Iranian targets.
In his speech at the International Institute for Strategic Studies, he said: "Sadly, Iran is now going in the wrong direction and the chances that were there before Iran are being squandered.
"Since President Ahmadinejad's election last year, he and the small group which surrounds him have adopted policies both at home and abroad which risk real damage to Iran's reputation and its relations with the rest of the world.
"Iran and the Iranian people deserve better."
Well the US and the American people "deserve better" than the rubbish government they have. But funnily enough Straw doesn't have any patronising words for Mr Bush and his merry band of hooligans running America. (Not to mention that New Labour does not exactly provide an inspiring bunch of leaders.) And does anyone seriously believe that the US will not attack Iran? After all, it's election year and the Republicans are doing poorly in the opinion polls. No doubt the UK will help and Straw will then claim he couldn't possibly have forseen the made-up reason the US uses to justify the attack.
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