Iran a 'major threat', says Blair Print E-mail
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Tuesday, 12 December 2006

Tony Blair has said Iran poses a "major strategic threat" to the Middle East and is "deliberately causing" problems.

He called the Holocaust conference in Iran this week, which had speakers including an ex-Ku Klux Klan leader, "shocking beyond belief". Mr Blair also played down suggestions current problems in Iraq were caused by US decisions after Saddam's fall.

"Iran is deliberately causing maximum problems for moderate governments and for ourselves in the region - in Palestine, in Lebanon and in Iraq.

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