[Mb-civic] FW: Straw speech to focus on Iranians

[Golsorkhi]

Michael,  

The F...ing British.

What an insult, now they are attempting to Œconnect directly with the
people¹.  Regretfully there is no court to try these major countries and
their statesmen for gross incompetence resulting in mass murders and loss of
basic human rights.  Instead it is they who sit in judgment of us.  What a
joke.  

Regards.  

Reza


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From: Samii Shahla <shahla at thesamiis.com>
Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2006 00:00:23 -0500
Subject: Straw speech to focus on Iranians

BBC News
03/13/06

Straw speech to focus on Iranians

Jack Straw, the foreign secretary, is to call for Europe to communicate
better with the Iranian people.
In an International Institute for Strategic Studies speech, he will say Iran
is going in the wrong direction and its people deserve better.

He will call for more information to be provided for Iranians in their own
language, from around the world.

The UN Security Council will this week discuss how to encourage Iran's
regime to suspend its nuclear programme.

Denies accusations

Mr Straw is expected to say pressure on Iran is aimed only at preventing it
from developing nuclear weapons, rather than stopping the development of
peaceful nuclear energy.

BBC Security Correspondent Gordon Corera said Mr Straw's attempt to connect
directly with people in Iran will mark "a shift in approach" after years of
Britain seeking constructive engagement with the Iranian regime.

On Wednesday, UN nuclear watchdog the International Atomic Energy Agency
referred Iran to the UN Security Council after months of growing tension
over the country's nuclear programme. The security council has the power to
impose sanctions.

Iran has vowed to resist international pressure, insisting it has the right
to civilian nuclear technology. It denies US and EU accusations that it is
seeking to develop nuclear weapons.

On Sunday, Iran said Moscow's compromise proposal on its nuclear programme
was "off the agenda" after the security council referral.

But ministry spokesman Hamid Reza Asefi said his country was still open to
negotiations with Russia, as long as Iran's right to conduct nuclear fuel
research on its own soil was recognised.

Russia had sought to persuade Iran to move its enrichment programme to
Russian territory, which would allow closer international monitoring.
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URL: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/4800276.stm 


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