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| Blair's stance 'unacceptable, illogical': MP |
| 2007-04-04 |
| Head of the Iranian parliament's National Security and Foreign Policy Committee labels as "unacceptable and illogical" the political stance of British Prime Minister over the detention of UK soldiers in the Persian Gulf. In an interview with Iran's FARS news agency published on Tuesday, Ala'eddin Borujerdi said Tony Blair's attitude toward the incident would not be helpful and this was obvious from the very beginning of his adopting such hostile, baseless position. "The question 'why the detainees illegally entered Iranian waters' is not the case. The problem is that the incursion into the Islamic Republic of Iran's territorial waters, for any purpose or reason, is considered as a violation of Iran's sovereignty according to all international laws and conventions," he noted. "Therefore, the measure taken by Iran in the face of such a violation is absolutely legal both according to Iran's law and international rules and regulations," he added. Describing Blair's rhetoric over the issue as "unacceptable and illogical," Borujerdi said, "After a while, the illegal moves by Britain's allies, including the U.S., Canada, and the European Union, as well as London's abuse of the UN Security Council as a tool for pressuring Iran proved ineffective." The MP further advised the British government to send a delegation or special envoy to Tehran for talks with Iranian officials and to explain why the incursion happened for the second time since 2004. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #5 Judging from the news, it appears Tony the Tiger may have the last laugh. Mullahs may have blinked. Not to be too cynical, but let's all wait and see just what sort of ransom or "prisoner exchange" promted this unexpected turn of events. The West has been far too spineless of late for me to believe otherwise. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2007-04-04 12:17 |
| #4 Judging from the news, it appears Tony the Tiger may have the last laugh. Mullahs may have blinked. |
| Posted by: doc 2007-04-04 11:36 |
| #3 Failing that, we could elect a vertebrate as Prime Minister. Now that's gonna take some huntin'! Churchy's been dead for some time now. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2007-04-04 11:02 |
| #2 Zenster: Let us focus our combined psychic powers and obtain the launch codes. Failing that, we could elect a vertebrate as Prime Minister. |
| Posted by: Excalibur 2007-04-04 09:38 |
| #1 In an interview with Iran's FARS news agency published on Tuesday, Ala'eddin Borujerdi said Tony Blair's attitude toward the incident would not be helpful and this was obvious from the very beginning of his adopting such hostile, baseless position. A thoroughly reconsidered stance was made available from Ala'eddin Borujerdi's office after a British Trident submarine surfaced offshore from Iran's territorial waters. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2007-04-04 00:42 |