Blair Warns Iran After Failure to Trace Patrol

Tony Blair yesterday denounced Iran for its "unjustified and wrong" behaviour as it emerged that fifteen Iranian sailors and marines had not been captured in British territorial waters.

No Iranian troops have been discovered in British waters, despite Iranian concern about Britain's ongoing arrangement with the world's largest nuclear power, whereby Britain supplies house-room for American weapons of mass destruction.

Had Iranian troops been discovered spying on the American nuclear facility at Faslane, and had the Iranian troops included a woman, it is thought that she might well have been wearing a veil, which could have caused unnecessary upset to the Leader of the House of Commons, Jack Straw.

"I hope the Iranian government understands how fundamental an issue this is for us," the Prime Minister said.

The absence of Iranian sailors and marines is considered particularly ominous given the tense international situation between the civilised world and Iran, which during the past five years has invaded almost as many defenceless countries as Haiti.

Despite being bordered by Afghanistan, Iraq and the Persian Gulf, all of which are pullulating with weapons belonging to an oil-greedy country whose nominal chief executive has referred to Iran as part of an "axis of evil", Iran claims that its controversial nuclear programme is entirely peaceful.

Britain has said it would use nuclear weapons only if it really thought it necessary.