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Anna Firth (Southend West) (Con) I, too, congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Harrow East (Bob Blackman) and the Backbench Business Committee on securing this incredibly important and timely debate. All that it takes for evil to prevail is for good men and women to stay silent, so I am absolutely delighted that this […]

John McDonnell (Hayes and Harlington) (Lab) I wish to say a few brief words about the workers’ movement in Iran. I was particularly moved, as were others, by the description by my hon. Friend the Member for Nottingham South (Lilian Greenwood) of the plight of the family she is dealing with. I have 2,000 asylum

Fleur Anderson (Putney) (Lab) I congratulate the hon. Member for Harrow East (Bob Blackman) on securing this debate. It has been a powerful debate that will send a strong message to the Iranian regime about our views in this country. I rise on behalf of my Iranian constituents and in full solidarity with the Iranian people

Richard Burgon (Leeds East) (Lab) I thank the hon. Member for Harrow East (Bob Blackman) and the Backbench Business Committee for giving the House the opportunity to debate and speak at length on this vital issue. We have heard harrowing and illustrative case studies on the plight of the people in Iran. I also join

Suppressing protesters in Iran   Bob Blackman (Harrow East) (Con) I beg to move, That this House condemns unreservedly the actions of the Government of Iran in suppressing protests in that country; deplores the violent behaviour of Iranian police in regard to those protests; is deeply concerned by reports of threats made to organisations in the UK

Interview with Ambassador Robert Joseph, former Undersecretary of State for Arms Control and International Security about the uprising of the Iranian people January 2023  How do you see the future of Iran?   I have always been optimistic about the future of Iran, and I remain so today. In the university, I studied the 1905