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LONDON, June 30 — Britain's foreign secretary said Monday there are no circumstances under which his nation would agree to an attack against Iran, which is under pressure to allow more intrusive inspections of its nuclear facilities.

Jack Straw, who was finishing a two-day visit to Iran, told British Broadcasting Corp. radio that Iran could not be compared with its neighbor Iraq in terms of political system or danger posed to the region, although President Bush has called Iran part of an axis of evil....

When asked if he believed there were no circumstances in which Britain would agree to an attack on Iran, Straw replied: ''Yes, and I can conceive of no such circumstances.'' ...

--AP/MSNBC