British PM warns Iran in landmark Israel speech

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown on Monday warned Iran that it must freeze sensitive nuclear work or face more sanctions, in the first address by a British premier to the Israeli parliament.He also railed against Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's ''abhorrent'' threats against Israel and declared that Britain stands alongside the ... ...state.Brown, who held talks with Israeli and Palestinian leaders on Sunday, said peace was within their grasp, but only if Israel withdraws from settlements in the occupied West Bank and the Palestinians stamp out ''terrorists''.His comments on Iran's nuclear drive echoed a warning by US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice that Tehran had two weeks to respond seriously to an international offer or face further ''punitive measures.''Iran now has a clear choice to make: suspend its nuclear programme and accept our offer of negotiations or face growing isolation and the collective response not of just one nation but of all nations round the world,'' Brown said.''Just as we have led the work on three mandatory sanctions resolutions of the UN, the UK will continue to lead -- with the United States and our European Union partners -- in our determination to prevent an Iranian nuclear weapons programme.The White House, meanwhile, signalled that it expected Iran to reject the US-backed incentives package.''It is the position of the P5-plus-one that Iran should suspend its uranium enrichment, that we provided a very generous incentives package that they apparently are going to miss an opportunity to accept,'' said a spokeswoman.

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