▁with ▁the ▁I AE A ". ▁The ▁UK ▁( with ▁China , ▁France , ▁Germany ▁and ▁Russia ) ▁put ▁forward ▁the ▁three ▁Security ▁Council ▁resolution s ▁that ▁have ▁been ▁passed ▁in ▁the ▁UN . ▁ ▁On ▁ 8 ▁May ▁ 2 0 0 6 , ▁Form er ▁Deput y ▁Commander - in - Ch ief ▁of ▁British ▁Land ▁Forces , ▁General ▁Sir ▁Hugh ▁Beach , ▁former ▁Cab inet ▁Minister s , ▁scient ists ▁and ▁campaign ers ▁joined ▁a ▁deleg ation ▁to ▁Down ing ▁Street ▁oppos ing ▁military ▁inter vention ▁in ▁Iran . ▁The ▁deleg ation ▁delivered ▁two ▁letters ▁to ▁Prime ▁Minister ▁Tony ▁Bla ir ▁from ▁ 1 , 8 0 0 ▁phys ic ists ▁warning ▁that ▁the ▁military ▁inter vention ▁and ▁the ▁use ▁of ▁nuclear ▁weapons ▁would ▁have ▁dis astr ous ▁consequences ▁for ▁the ▁security ▁of ▁Britain ▁and ▁the ▁rest ▁of ▁world . ▁The ▁letters ▁carried ▁the ▁sign atures ▁of ▁academ ics , ▁polit icians ▁and ▁scient ists ▁including ▁some ▁of ▁ 5 ▁phys ic ists ▁who ▁are ▁Nobel ▁La ure ates . ▁C AS M II ▁deleg ation ▁ ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 6 ▁Bor is ▁Johnson , ▁then ▁a ▁member ▁of ▁Parliament , ▁argued ▁in ▁his ▁newspaper ▁column ▁that ▁it ▁was ▁reasonable ▁for ▁Iran ▁to ▁seek ▁nuclear ▁weapons ▁and ▁that ▁a ▁nuclear - ar med ▁Iran ▁could ▁make ▁the ▁Middle ▁East ▁more ▁stable . ▁On ▁assuming ▁office ▁he ▁called ▁for ▁a ▁new ▁deal . ▁ ▁Israel ▁ ▁Israel , ▁which ▁is ▁not ▁a ▁party ▁to ▁the ▁N uc lear ▁Non