Captured British sailors return to UK: Tony Blair press conference

Captured British sailors return to UK: Tony Blair press conference; ENGLAND: London: Downing Street: EXT Tony Blair MP (Prime Minister) out of Number 10 and to press conference microphone SOT - just as we rejoice at the return of our 15 service personnel we are also mourning the loss of our soldiers in Basra, killed as the result of a terrorist act/ on the one hand we are glad they returned safe and unharmed, but on the other we return to the sober and ugly reality of what is happening with terrorism in Iraq, designed specifically to thwart the will of the international community/ is far too early to say that the particular act that killed our forces was an act committed by terrorists who were backed by any elements of the Iranian regime, I make no allegation in respect of that particular incident/ the general picture is there are elements of the Iranian regime that are backing terrorrorism in Iraq/ this is the right moment to reflect on our relationship with Iran and over the last two weeks we've pursued a dual track strategy, being open to bilateral dialogue with the Iranian regime but at the same time mobilising international support and pressure/ would be utterly naive to think our personnel would have been released unless both elements of this strategy had been present/ that has got to continue to be our strategy in dealing with Iran/ in the past couple of weeks there have been new lines of communication with the Iranian regime/ the international community has to remain steadfast in enforcing its will in respect of nuclear weapons or Iran's support of terrorism/ the choice is a choice that has to be made by Iran/ the possibility for a different relationship with the international community is there/ the choice in the end is one that Iran will have to make/ the soldiers that lost their lives (in Iraq) are very brave and committed people