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Select Committee
Center for the Study of Islam and Democracy, Think-Tank for Action on Social Change, and Heritage Foundation

Oral Evidence Mar. 26 2024

Inquiry: The UK’s engagement with the Middle East and North Africa
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Foreign Affairs Committee (Department: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office)

Found: When we look at the partnerships in Iraq, Syria and Lebanon, ours with the Kurds in Iraq and some of

Select Committee
Middle East Program, CSIS, RUSI, Jonathan Wilks, and The University of Exeter

Oral Evidence Mar. 26 2024

Inquiry: The UK’s engagement with the Middle East and North Africa
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Foreign Affairs Committee (Department: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office)

Found: When we look at the partnerships in Iraq, Syria and Lebanon, ours with the Kurds in Iraq and some of

Departmental Publication (News and Communications)
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mar. 18 2024

Source Page: UN Human Rights Council 55: Interactive Dialogue with Special Rapporteur on Iran
Document: UN Human Rights Council 55: Interactive Dialogue with Special Rapporteur on Iran (webpage)

Found: UN Human Rights Council 55: Interactive Dialogue with Special Rapporteur on Iran

Non-Departmental Publication (Statistics)
Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration

Feb. 29 2024

Source Page: Inspection report on Home Office country of origin information - Thematic report on the coverage of statelessness (February 2023)
Document: Inspection report on Home Office country of origin information - Thematic report on the coverage of statelessness (February 2023) (PDF)

Found: UK (19 August 2022), based on HO, 2021 figures): ranked from highest to lowest numbers of claimants- Iran

Westminster Hall
Kurdistan Region of Iraq - Wed 07 Feb 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Chris Stephens (SNP - Glasgow South West) He has mentioned Iran and recent attacks. - Speech Link
2: Jack Lopresti (Con - Filton and Bradley Stoke) Iran is the main menace, so let us hope for regime change from below in Iran. - Speech Link
3: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) the region by both Turkey and Iran-backed groups, UK support grows in importance. - Speech Link
4: Brendan O'Hara (SNP - Argyll and Bute) Member for Filton and Bradley Stoke, the SNP supports Kurds’ right to self-determination and to decide - Speech Link

Parliamentary Research
Relationship between the UK and the Kurdistan Region of Iraq - CDP-2024-0025
Feb. 01 2024

Found: to terrorist activity in the country, and in 2024 Iran attacked a site which it claimed is linked to

Commons Chamber
Iran: Freedom and Democracy - Thu 01 Feb 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Bob Blackman (Con - Harrow East) Bill through the Parliament in Iran. - Speech Link
2: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) in the free Iran group with Maryam Rajavi. - Speech Link
3: Wayne David (Lab - Caerphilly) Iran has supplied huge support to Hamas in Gaza. - Speech Link
4: David Rutley (Con - Macclesfield) the death penalty is imposed absent of any fair trial or due process, and ethnic minorities such as Kurds - Speech Link

Select Committee
UN Sanctions Monitoring Group, SOAS Middle East Institute, Centre for Middle Eastern Studies and KCL, and International Crisis Group

Oral Evidence Jan. 16 2024

Inquiry: The UK’s international counter-terrorism policy
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Foreign Affairs Committee (Department: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office)

Found: What if Turkish forces invade Syria further, and the Kurds can’t protect the camp any more?

Select Committee
Henry Jackson Society
 MENA0043 - The UK’s engagement with the Middle East and North Africa

Written Evidence Dec. 18 2023

Inquiry: The UK’s engagement with the Middle East and North Africa
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Foreign Affairs Committee (Department: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office)

Found: make investment in the Islamic Republic of Iran a high- risk proposition.'

Select Committee
Council for Arab British Understanding (Caabu)
 MENA0055 - The UK’s engagement with the Middle East and North Africa

Written Evidence Dec. 18 2023

Inquiry: The UK’s engagement with the Middle East and North Africa
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Foreign Affairs Committee (Department: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office)

Found: Until the Saudi-Iran deal of March 2023, these two major regional powers were engaged in a series of