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Prime Minister Tony Blair has played down talk of military action being planned against Iran. Prime Minister Tony Blair says people are "increasingly alarmed" by Iran's strategy but said military action was not being planned against it.
He said no option was being taken "off the table" but "nobody is talking about or planning military intervention". He said no option was "off the table" but "nobody is talking about or planning military intervention".
But he warned Iran's nuclear programme and attempts to stir up sectarianism in the Middle East was causing serious concern to the international community. Iran's nuclear programme and strategy "to create the maximum trouble for us" in the region was a "miscalculation", he told a committee of senior MPs.
In a grilling by senior MPs, Mr Blair also said Tehran was trying to prevent reconciliation in Iraq. Mr Blair also said Tehran was trying to prevent reconciliation in Iraq.
Treaty
He told MPs: "Their strategy is to create the maximum trouble for us and for the region and I think that is a miscalculation because in the end they are going to find that they assemble a very large coalition against them.
"Nobody's talking about military intervention in respect of Iran but people are increasingly alarmed and concerned at the strategy that they appear to be pursing."
He added that he was sure numerous "doors would open", if they showed some sign that they were prepared to change that strategy.
He said that the Iranian people were seeing a "squeeze" on their living standards as a result of the current situation.
Iran itself says its efforts to enrich uranium are an expression of its right to develop nuclear power under the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty of which it is a member.
Under the treaty, non-nuclear weapons states area are allowed to acquire nuclear technology for civil purposes but commit themselves not to build a bomb.