Iran-Israel Update Debate

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Department: Cabinet Office

Iran-Israel Update

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Monday 15th April 2024

(2 weeks, 3 days ago)

Commons Chamber
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Rishi Sunak Portrait The Prime Minister
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That resolution also calls for the release of the hostages, which Hamas rejected just this weekend.

David Jones Portrait Mr David Jones (Clwyd West) (Con)
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Further to the points made by my right hon. and learned Friend the Member for Fareham (Suella Braverman) and my right hon. Friend the Member for Chingford and Woodford Green (Sir Iain Duncan Smith), Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps not only is the principal sponsor of terrorism in the middle east, but is active on the streets of the United Kingdom. Indeed, the Iranian journalist, Pouria Zeraati, who was almost fatally stabbed last month, was under threat from the IRGC. It is actually the case that IRGC officials can be seen dining out in restaurants in west London quite regularly. While I fully understand that my right hon. Friend will not flag up any such action in advance, can he confirm that he will take into account what I believe to be the overwhelming feeling in this House, which is that the IRGC should be proscribed as a terrorist organisation?