Mr Fox is an enthusiastic Atlanticist and is sympathetic to the neocon movement in the United States, which takes a hawkish stance on Iran's nuclear ambitions, although on his 2007 visit to the country he said he hoped for a "diplomatic solution" to the issue. An associate said that Mr Werritty, who can speak some Farsi, would act as a "facilitator" and "take messages" between various opposition figures, although the source insisted he was not a "freelance spy". -- The Independent
The revelation is nevertheless likely to add to claims not only that Werritty masqueraded as Fox's international fixer but that he was running a shadow foreign policy on Iran – a policy more hawkish than the official government position. David Cameron is said to have been annoyed by some of Fox's more neo-con pronouncements on the subject.
In February, Werritty and Fox flew to Israel for a high-profile strategic conference on regional security. Fox called for stronger sanctions to compel Iran to give up its nuclear weapons programme. -- The Guardian
According to both the Independent & the Guardian so far, Fox & Werritty have been involved in 'an audacious plot to topple Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad' (that is not 'regime change'). Apparently, they wanted to do that by "imposing stronger sanctions" on Iran to stop Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons?! (that is not 'regime change'). And, they are considered "extremists" because Fox is sympathetic to 'Neocon movement' in the US?? Of course, there is also the Israel & Mossad angle, which, every time, gets some people's shirt in a major knot.. - btw, The Telegraph jumped on the same bandwagon as other newspapers.
There is definitely much more to this than meets the eye... a few things don't add up, and in parts it sounds scripted.
Yes, I agree. There’s a lot we don’t know.
Anyone who is vaguely right wing is neo-con to the likes of the Guardian and Independent.