Iran: Protests Debate
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Peter Prinsley
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Iran: Protests
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Mr Falconer
US posture and policy towards Iran is, I am afraid, a matter for the US Government.
Peter Prinsley (Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket) (Lab)
Many in this House are concerned about the malign influence of the ayatollahs in our own country. There has been dreadful slaughter on the streets of Iran, but curiously little protest on the streets of Britain. What a contrast that is to the regular protests—sometimes intimidatory to local Jewish people—about the terrible war in Israel and Palestine. Could the aforementioned malign influence explain this?
Mr Falconer
As the Home Secretary has said, we are aware of the very considerable concern that the ongoing protests have caused, particularly in places of real sensitivity such as outside synagogues, and we are taking measures to address it.