May. 22 2024
Source Page: Immigration Rules archive: 11 April 2024 to 15 May 2024Found: Gabon 616 Gambia Georgia Ghana Guinea Guinea Bissau Haiti Honduras India Indonesia* Iran
May. 22 2024
Source Page: London Defence Conference 2024 Defence Secretary keynoteFound: Nuclear talks were ongoing with Iran that would lead to the 2015 Iran Nuclear Deal.
May. 22 2024
Source Page: Confirm a notarial or document service is not availableFound: Consular Section Shahrah-e-Iran Clifton Karachi 75600 Pakistan Tel: +92 (0)21 3582 7000 Fax: +92 (0)
Mentions:
1: Viscount Stansgate (Lab - Excepted Hereditary) assessment they have made of the implications for UK foreign policy of the death of the President of Iran - Speech Link
2: Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon (Con - Life peer) Our policy towards Iran has not changed. - Speech Link
3: Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon (Con - Life peer) this by, for example, immediately prohibiting IAEA access to Iran. - Speech Link
Asked by: Tom Hunt (Conservative - Ipswich)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, what diplomatic steps he is taking to help Israel tackle online disinformation campaigns backed by Iran.
Answered by Andrew Mitchell - Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office) (Minister for Development)
The FCDO is not working through partners in Israel, but is working with partners across government to directly identify information manipulation, hold hostile actors to account for malign activity and increase access to factual information.
Asked by: Margaret Hodge (Labour - Barking)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the oral contribution of the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, during the debate on Countering Iran’s Hostile Activities of 8 May 2024, Official Report, column 353WH, whether his Department has written to the Financial Conduct Authority on the operations of (a) Bank Melli and (b) Saderat Bank in the UK.
Answered by Bim Afolami - Economic Secretary (HM Treasury)
The Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI) maintains a close working relationship with the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). OFSI signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the FCA in November 2023, for the purpose of sharing information and intelligence.
The two banks referenced in this question, Bank Melli and Saderat Bank, are not currently designated under UK sanctions regulations.
Written Evidence May. 21 2024
Inquiry: FCDO and civil societiesFound: malicious cyber operations against civil society is traced back to cyber actors located in China, Iran
Oral Evidence May. 21 2024
Committee: Business and Trade Committee (Department: Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy)Found: factored in that, just a month or so ago, Israel suffered another significant attack from the state of Iran
Mentions:
1: Lord Polak (Con - Life peer) The signing of the co-operation deal between South Africa and Iran last year shows a clear shift towards - Speech Link
2: Baroness Foster of Aghadrumsee (Non-affiliated - Life peer) Foreign Secretary will no doubt have noted with concern the growing relationship between South Africa and Iran - Speech Link
3: Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton (Con - Life peer) While it is important that we try to have a dialogue with Iran and deliver some very tough messages to - Speech Link