After his Iran blunder, Boris must learn that careless talk can cost lives
Boris Johnson's Iran blunder is a case of diplomatic friendly fire – accidental but devastating. The facts are clear enough. By clumsily misspeaking at a select committee hearing last week, the foreign secretary may have worsened the fate of a British citizen – an innocent young mother – who is locked up in Tehran on spurious charges. It's not quite a resigning matter, but boy does it come close. Certainly it suggests a lazy and arrogant approach to detail. Here's what he said: Obviously, we will have to be very careful about this, because we want them to be released. I have raised this case many times now with Javad Zarif, my Iranian counterpart.
