EU Sanctions (Iran) Debate

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Nadhim Zahawi

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EU Sanctions (Iran)

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Points of Order
Tuesday 24th January 2012

(12 years, 10 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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We are not involved in, and we do not support, assassinations. Beyond that I do not comment on intelligence matters.

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As Iran begins to feel the squeeze, it may not be capable of closing the strait of Hormuz, but it is very good at using proxies to destabilise its neighbours—the fragile democracy in Baghdad and the Kurdish region. What steps are we taking to support those institutions and those parties that are working to bolster rather than break up that democracy?

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