Blair vows to keep talking to Iran

Blair vows to keep talking to Iran

BRITAIN: British Prime Minister Tony Blair said on Thursday that London would continue its dialog with the Iranian leadership, despite a sharp deterioration in relations with Tehran.

Blair also urged Iran to meet its international obligations on its nuclear activities, amid suggestions the government has a secret atomic weapons program, and halt support for "terrorist" groups.

Ties have soured since the arrest in London last month of a former Iranian ambassador to Buenos Aires accused of a role in a 1994 bombing of a Jewish center in Argentina that killed 85 people.

The British embassy in Tehran was also closed indefinitely on Wednesday after shots were fired at the mission, just hours after Iran's ambassador to Britain was recalled for consultations. --AFP