The delegation, timed to coincide with the fresh vote on a Resolution against Iran that is being hurried through the United Nations and will take place from 12.30 - 1pm. Delegates include British politicians (Corbyn) and grandees (Benn), academics, writers, actors and scientists.

The letter, drafted by Campaign Iran, will also have been received by all ministers likely to be in a future Labour cabinet when Tony Blairs steps down in the new year. The letter uses the recent Republican defeat in the US mid-term elections and the consequent resignation of Donald Rumsfeld, to highlight the likely electoral fall out of Tony Blairs’ continued aggressive foreign policy, particularly with regard to Iran. The letter urges these politicians them to “look within themselves” and take a principled stand against their current leader.

Professor Abbas Edalat of Campaign Iran said today:

“It is widely known within the Westminster village that a number of leading labour politicians are deeply uncomfortable with the aggressive position that Tony Blair had adopted towards Iran. We are asking them to make their private reservations public.

Tony Blair is no longer worried about re-election. He is preparing to slide back down the greasy pole but unless they are careful, Gordon Brown and his aspirant colleagues,will get swept down with him. Politicians often find their principles overridden by their instinct for self-preservation. The current situation requires no such conflict. By challenging Blair and Bush’s push for military action against Iran, they take a position which is both politically expedient and morally correct.”



For details see full press release or visit www.campaigniran.org