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There should be no equivocation over Israel's right to neutralise Iran
SIR – Israel is dealing with an existential threat from a country controlled by a dictatorship of extreme religious leaders who are intent on bringing about the destruction of the Jewish state and its people (Letters, June 16).
Iran has been developing a nuclear capability obviously designed to achieve this ambition. At the same time, it runs and supports a number of terrorist organisations that have been causing death and destruction in the Middle East.
Yet despite all this, our Prime Minister and Foreign Secretary have appeared reluctant to take sides in this matter. What is wrong with them?
Colonel Mark Rayner (retd)
Eastbourne, East Sussex
SIR – Those who have been condemning Israel's actions need to ask themselves a simple question ('Protesters march through London waving Iranian flags', report, June 15). Would they prefer Iran to be able to produce nuclear weapons – and then have to deal with the results?
Tim Pope
Weybridge, Surrey
SIR – Israel's strikes and covert activities against the country responsible for so much evil around the globe have demonstrated its military superiority. The free world owes the Israelis a debt of gratitude.
Hannah Hunt
Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire
SIR – Israel is the only true democracy in the Middle East, surrounded by hostile actors and countries that want to wipe it off the map.
Western nations should applaud its fight, and its efforts to restrict Iran's nuclear capabilities. Many of Iran's suppressed citizens would also like a change in their country's leadership, so they can live freer and better lives.
The world is reaching a pivotal moment in the Middle East (as well as in Ukraine). This is no time for Europe, or any Western nation, to sit on the fence.
Christopher Hunt
Swanley, Kent
SIR – Iranians living in Britain – along with many in Iran – are praying for the downfall of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
In 1979, many Iranians were praying for the downfall of the repressive Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the last Shah of Iran. But what good did it do them when he was kicked out? Sadly, taking out a repressive regime does not ensure good government in the future.
Gerald Heath
Box, Wiltshire
SIR – I have been following the coverage of the Iranian attacks on Tel Aviv. My mind then turned to Britain. We have no iron dome, no bomb shelters and not enough fighter jets. When will our Government wake up?
Angela Miller
Wolverhampton
