Beware of pushing Iran too far, says UK politician


  • World
  • Saturday, 11 Jan 2014

LONDON (Reuters) - The West should not push Iran too far in talks over the Islamic republic's nuclear ambitions because failing to get a deal could bolster hardliners in Tehran, a former British foreign minister warned on Friday.

But Jack Straw told the BBC he was "optimistic", on returning to London from Iran where he led a British delegation including former Chancellor Norman Lamont, Conservative member of parliament Ben Wallace and Labour lawmaker Jeremy Corbyn.

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