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Commons Chamber
Freedom of Religion or Belief: 40th Anniversary of UN Declaration - Thu 25 Nov 2021
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) Is it not time that we highlighted the issues for the Kurds, the Christians, the Jews, the Armenians - Speech Link
2: David Simmonds (CON - Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner) Iran, Pakistan, Afghanistan and various countries in Africa, I encourage Ministers to ensure that we - Speech Link
3: Fabian Hamilton (LAB - Leeds North East) As we have heard this afternoon, Christians in Iran are being denied basic human rights and a place of - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Kurdish Political Representation and Equality in Turkey - Tue 02 Nov 2021
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Lloyd Russell-Moyle (LAB - Brighton, Kemptown) In the Kurds in Syria, we have not just a military ally but an alliance of minds and a modern, democratic - Speech Link
2: Crispin Blunt (CON - Reigate) Iran—it is plain that any aspiration for a greater Kurdistan is, frankly, for the birds at the minute - Speech Link
3: Alyn Smith (SNP - Stirling) The fact that the Kurdish people are spread across Turkey, Syria, Iraq and Iran leads to a very unstable - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action: Iran - Tue 19 Oct 2021
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Theresa Villiers (CON - Chipping Barnet) It was always far too weak in what it asked Iran to do. - Speech Link
2: Robert Halfon (CON - Harlow) The JCPOA also does not address Iran’s repression of internal minorities such as the Kurds, nor does - Speech Link
3: Christian Wakeford (LAB - Bury South) Iranians or blamed Iran for engaging in assassination and terrorist-related activities in their countries - Speech Link
4: Alyn Smith (SNP - Stirling) the middle east, but especially in Iran, they will have SNP support. - Speech Link
5: Wayne David (LAB - Caerphilly) in exchange for certain and very limited sanctions relief for Iran. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Afghanistan - Wed 18 Aug 2021
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: Stewart Hosie (SNP - Dundee East) Kurds and the Shi’ites in the south were brutally suppressed.On 20 March 2003, the Iraq war started - Speech Link
2: Wayne David (LAB - Caerphilly) That crisis will be global in character, but it will particularly affect the nation states around Afghanistan—Iran - Speech Link
3: Owen Paterson (CON - North Shropshire) We are now in a mess. China, Russia and Iran are hostile. - Speech Link
4: Tahir Ali (LAB - Birmingham, Hall Green) Real tensions already exist between India, Pakistan, Iran and China, and the worsening situation in Afghanistan - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Queen’s Speech - Wed 19 May 2021
Ministry of Defence

Mentions:
1: Baroness Smith of Newnham (LDEM - Life peer) The Minister talked about Russia, China, North Korea and Iran—and about Russia being in certain places - Speech Link
2: Baroness Deech (CB - Life peer) Iran has been arming Hamas for years. - Speech Link
3: Baroness Northover (LDEM - Life peer) noble Lord, Lord Foulkes; Iran, Russia and Armenia. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Tue 19 Jan 2021
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Tom Tugendhat (CON - Tonbridge and Malling) to the approach of the new Biden Administration on the Iran deal? - Speech Link
2: Scott Benton (CON - Blackpool South) The crisis in Yemen is of great concern to all of us, and it is perfectly clear that Iran is exploiting - Speech Link
3: James Cleverly (CON - Braintree) and the UN Security Council embargo on the export of weapons by Iran. - Speech Link
4: Robert Halfon (CON - Harlow) A stalled budget deal between Irbil and Baghdad is bleeding the Kurds dry, and public servants were not - Speech Link
5: Adam Holloway (CON - Gravesham) If not, what assistance are we providing to the Kurds to secure them, and indeed the other prisoners, - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Counter-Daesh Update - Wed 22 Jul 2020
Ministry of Defence

Mentions:
1: Jack Lopresti (CON - Filton and Bradley Stoke) territories disputed between the Kurds and the Iraqis. - Speech Link
2: Ben Wallace (CON - Wyre and Preston North) It is incredibly important that we work with the Kurds and the Iraqis to ensure that, where there are - Speech Link
3: Ben Wallace (CON - Wyre and Preston North) displaying mental health issues as well.On diplomatic infrastructure, it is no secret that forces linked to Iran - Speech Link
4: Ben Wallace (CON - Wyre and Preston North) Syria, where some of the Kurds are living. - Speech Link
5: Ben Wallace (CON - Wyre and Preston North) but on the non-terrorist threat, or the other threat, we make it quite clear that, in Syria, the Kurds - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Refugee Crisis: Greece and Turkey - Tue 10 Mar 2020
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Baroness Northover (LDEM - Life peer) Does the Minister think this is plausible, given the situation in Iran, and does he agree that refugees - Speech Link
2: Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon (CON - Life peer) As she will be aware, part of the issue is that Turkey has closed its border with its near neighbour Iran - Speech Link
3: Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon (CON - Life peer) crisis in the north-west of Syria. - Speech Link
4: Lord Howell of Guildford (CON - Life peer) using these missiles to shoot down Russian aeroplanes; and then he positioned himself vis-à-vis the Kurds - Speech Link
5: Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon (CON - Life peer) Turkey has played a major role in providing support for refugees in this crisis fleeing the conflict - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Syria: Security Situation - Mon 24 Feb 2020
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Andrew Murrison (CON - South West Wiltshire) regime, backed by Iran and Russia, will he assure the House that we are thinking about what will happen - Speech Link
2: Julian Lewis (CON - New Forest East) Other than the Syrian Democratic Forces led by the Kurds, who are we supporting in this war? - Speech Link
3: Alicia Kearns (CON - Rutland and Melton) Since then, Assad, Iran and Putin have cynically, shamefully and systematically worked to massacre and - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Tue 04 Feb 2020
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Lloyd Russell-Moyle (LAB - Brighton, Kemptown) colleagues who came with me on that trip—he might take a lead from the Belgian court case that said that the Kurds - Speech Link
2: Andrew Murrison (CON - South West Wiltshire) As I said on 14 January, our strategic aims remain to de-escalate US-Iran tensions, constrain Iran’s - Speech Link
3: Stephen Crabb (CON - Preseli Pembrokeshire) signed in 2015, Iran has launched major cyber-attacks against the UK, including on this Parliament? - Speech Link