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Tony Blair: West must prepare to confront Iran

By JPOST.COM STAFF

JANUARY 22, 2011 11:56

Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair urged the west to confront Iran with force in order to face the "looming and coming challenge" from Iran, reported French news agency AFP on Saturday.

""It [Iran] has to be confronted and changed. Iran is a looming challenge. It is negative and destabilizing. It supports terrorists," said Blair on Friday during his remarks at the Chilcot inquiry, the British inquiry into the war in Iraq.

"I say this to you with all of the passion I possibly can -- at some point the West has to get out of what I think is a wretched policy or posture of apology for believing that we are causing what the Iranians are doing, or what these extremists are doing," said Blair who serves as the Quartet representative to the Middle East.

Blair stated that he could see the "impact and the influence of Iran everywhere."

His comments came as Iran began a second round of talks on Saturday in Istanbul with six world powers over its nuclear program.

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