MI6 chief briefs Cabinet on Iranian nuclear threat

President Barack Obama said yesterday that the US government would “not
countenance” the Iranians obtaining nuclear weapons, but warned against
“beating drums of war”. He said the threat did not need to be addressed this
year as the Israelis are thought to believe.

Appearing before MPs yesterday, David Cameron said that “nothing is off the
table” when confronting the Iranian regime.

“I don’t believe that an Iranian nuclear weapon is just a threat to Israel,”
he said. “It is also clearly very dangerous for the region because it would
trigger a nuclear arms race but also it’s a danger more broadly, not least
because there are signs that the Iranians want to have some sort of
intercontinental missile capability.

“So we have to be clear this is potentially a threat much more widely.”

The Prime Minister said it was a difficult decision not to rule out military
action. “It is difficult to say that because no one wants to see conflict in
any way,” he said. “But I think it’s very important that world sends a
message to Iran that a nuclear-armed future is not something that we want to
see.

“If the sanctions don’t work there will come a moment of a very difficult
decision.

“Today, we think that military action against Iran and Israel would not be the
right approach. We have said that both publicly and privately to the
Israelis. We think this track of sanctions and pressure has further to run.”

“We haven’t made decisions about any military action but clearly we would want
to consider not least how best to protect our own interests and our own
people.”

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