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Departmental Publication (Research and Statistics)
Department for International Development

Jul. 13 2020

Source Page: Satellite sectarianisation or plain old partisanship?: Inciting violence in the Arab mainstream media
Document: Satellite sectarianisation or plain old partisanship?: Inciting violence in the Arab mainstream media (PDF)

Found: the Al-Jazeera flagship show ‚al-Itijah al-Mu akis™ in May 2015, in which the moderator, Faysal Al-Qassem


Select Committee
Kasra Aarabi (Analyst at Tony Blair Institute for Global Change), Dr Aniseh Bassiri Tabrizi (Senior Research Fellow at Royal United Services Institute), Behnam Ben Taleblu (Senior Fellow at Foundation for Defense of Democracies), Ellie Geranmayeh (Deputy Director at Middle East and North Africa programme, European Council on Foreign Relations), Charlie Loudon (International Legal Adviser at Redress), Dr Sanam Vakil (Deputy Director and Senior Research Fellow at Middle East and North Africa Programme, Chatham House), and Dr Anicée Van Engeland (Senior Lecturer in International Security at Cranfield University)
Tony Blair Institute for Global Change, Royal United Services Institute, Foundation for Defense of Democracies, Middle East and North Africa programme, European Council on Foreign Relations, Redress, Middle East and North Africa Programme, Chatham House, and Cranfield University

Oral Evidence Jul. 08 2020

Inquiry: The UK and Iran
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Foreign Affairs Committee (Department: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office)

Found: that the US have sabotaged attempts at regional negotiations: for example, it could be that General Soleimani


Select Committee
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
UKI0033 - The UK and Iran

Written Evidence Jun. 11 2020

Inquiry: The UK and Iran
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Foreign Affairs Committee (Department: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office)

Found: de-escalate regional tensions, which recently saw a spike following the killing of Major General Qasem Soleimani


Select Committee
Dr Aniseh Bassiri Tabrizi
UKI0026 - The UK and Iran

Written Evidence Jun. 11 2020

Inquiry: The UK and Iran
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Foreign Affairs Committee (Department: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office)

Found: Iran-backed militia clashed in Iraq several times, with tensions ultimately culminating in the US killing of Qassem


Select Committee
The National Council of Resistance of Iran - UK Representative Office
UKI0011 - The UK and Iran

Written Evidence Jun. 03 2020

Inquiry: The UK and Iran
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Foreign Affairs Committee (Department: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office)

Found: Above all, elimination of Qassem Soleimani, the Commander of the IRGC™s terrorist Quds Force, was a strategic


Select Committee
Ellie Geranmayeh, and Sir Richard Dalton KCMG
UKI0012 - The UK and Iran

Written Evidence Jun. 03 2020

Inquiry: The UK and Iran
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Foreign Affairs Committee (Department: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office)

Found: peak in attacks, including the assassination of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) commander Qassem


Select Committee
British Committee for Iran Freedom (BCFIF)
UKI0015 - The UK and Iran

Written Evidence Jun. 03 2020

Inquiry: The UK and Iran
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Foreign Affairs Committee (Department: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office)

Found: forces announced at a press conference that two other Iranian diplomats, who had been in contact with Qassem


Select Committee
Angl_Iranian Political Prisoners Association
UKI0016 - The UK and Iran

Written Evidence Jun. 03 2020

Inquiry: The UK and Iran
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Foreign Affairs Committee (Department: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office)

Found: A recent example of this is the retaliation for the assassination of Qassem Soleimani.


Select Committee
Dr Jonathan Spyer
UKI0020 - The UK and Iran

Written Evidence Jun. 03 2020

Inquiry: The UK and Iran
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Foreign Affairs Committee (Department: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office)

Found: its influence and presence throughout the Arab world.The assassination of Quds Force Major-General Qassem


Select Committee
Community Security Trust
UKI0003 - The UK and Iran

Written Evidence Jun. 03 2020

Inquiry: The UK and Iran
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Foreign Affairs Committee (Department: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office)

Found: proscribed under UK terrorism legislation: Palestinian Islamic Jihad, Al Qa™ida (AQ), Hamas Izz al-Din al-Qassem