Iran Nuclear Deal

Andrew Percy Excerpts
Wednesday 9th May 2018

(5 years, 11 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Boris Johnson Portrait Boris Johnson
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I am sure that in due course we will get a great trade deal with the United States, so I am not quite sure what that has to do with the JCPOA.

Andrew Percy Portrait Andrew Percy (Brigg and Goole) (Con)
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The truth is that there are no moderates in the Iranian regime, and the use of the word “moderates” leads to conclusions that are simply not the case. It is a regime that murders its own people, including minorities, that is an exporter of terrorism, and that is destabilising the middle east. Perhaps the fact that none of that is covered under the JCPOA explains why Iran may indeed be compliant with it. I therefore urge the Foreign Secretary to work with the United States on a replacement to the deal, that deals with Iran’s increasingly malign and dangerous influences elsewhere in the middle east.

Boris Johnson Portrait Boris Johnson
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I hope that my hon. Friend will use his good offices to encourage the United States to come forward with detail on such plans at its earliest convenience.