Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with (a) the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change and (b) constituent parts of the UK nuclear supply chain about nuclear sector opportunities in Iran as a result of the Iran nuclear deal.

The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action agreed between the E3+3 and Iran on 14 July includes provision for Iran to take part in international cooperation related to civilian nuclear energy. Civil nuclear cooperation projects may include bilateral or multilateral arrangements with Iran and the details of projects will be determined in due course by the participating states. The UK has no specific plans at present for civil nuclear cooperation with Iran.