"This is an issue which has to be resolved ... by peaceful means,"
-UK Foreign Secretary Jack Straw discussing on the radio the escalating dispute between Iran and the international community over Tehran's nuclear program.
The five permanent members would find themselves "severely hamstrung in formulating a workable alternative that would avoid an escalation of the present crisis. Their difficulties are exacerbated by Washington's unambiguous support for regime change in Tehran, something that understandably adds to Iran's sense of insecurity."
The PFC Energy report.

 
"If we reach a point where the existing mechanisms do not provide for the right of the Iranian people, then the policies of the Islamic Republic of Iran would possibly be revised and reconsidered. At the moment we believe that there is a chance for different sides to continue the negotiations."
Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki further warned that his country could pull out of the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
 

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