William Hague warns Israel over Iran military action

“I think Israel like everyone else in the world should be giving a real
chance to the approach we have adopted on very serious economic sanctions
and economic pressure and the readiness to negotiate with Iran.

“That’s what we need to make a success of.”

Mr Hague said Israel did not share its plans with Britain.

“We do not take any options off the table, we don’t know how the
situation will develop, it would be unwise to do that,” he said.

“But our approach is 100% diplomatically and economically focused to
bring Iran to the negotiating table.”

Mr Hague said there was “no specific information” about a threat to
the London Olympics from any Tehran-backed terrorists.

But he acknowledged: “Clearly Iran has been involved increasingly in
illegal and potentially terrorist activity in other parts of the world.

“I think Iran has increased its willingness to contemplate utterly
illegal activities in other parts of the world. This is part of the danger
that Iran is presenting to the peace of the world.”

Shadow Foreign Secretary Douglas Alexander called for “calm heads and
clear thinking”, but said Iran needed to feel the international
community’s “full force”.

He told Sky News’ Murnaghan programme: “The right approach at this stage
is to push forward the twin-track approach: on the one hand offering genuine
engagement, on the other hand tightening the peaceful pressure,
strengthening the sanctions that are being felt at the moment.

“When the international community says, ‘All options need to be left on
the he table’, I agree.

“If we are to see any prospect of those diplomatic pressures changing
the attitude of the regime in Tehran towards the development of nuclear
weapons, then they need to feel the full force of the international
community in saying there is a period where we want to see this work taken
forward – and that period where we need change from Iran is now.”

Mr Alexander said the Government should focus not on “raising the
rhetoric, but on redoubling their efforts to secure a diplomatic and
peaceful outcome”.

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