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	date	25/05/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Iran: Espionage and Terrorism
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if her Department will make an assessment of the level of potential risk of Iran facilitating and engaging in acts of terrorism and espionage against Iranian dissidents and activists living in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Toby Perkins
	uin	8987
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2022 answer text <p>We do not routinely comment on intelligence matters or specific threats.</p><p>The safety and security of our citizens is the Government’s top priority. As we made clear in the 2021 Integrated Review of Security, Defence, Development and Foreign Policy, we are committed to addressing growing threats from Iran, as well as other states. We will continue to use all tools at our disposal to protect the UK and our interests from any Iran-linked threats</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 06/06/2022 14:16:11 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
	tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

1465713

	registered interest
	date	25/05/2022
	answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept id	208
	answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	hansard heading	Iran: Espionage and Terrorism
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will make an assessment of the possibility of Iran being engaged in espionage and terrorism in the UK through its embassy and diplomats.
	tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Toby Perkins
	uin	8986
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2022 answer text <p>It is the longstanding policy of successive British Governments not to comment on intelligence matters.</p><p>The UK has over 200 sanctions designations in place against Iran including in relation to human rights, nuclear proliferation and terrorism. This includes against the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps in its entirety. The UK is committed to working with the international community to ensure Iran abides by international laws and norms and is held to account for its destabilising activity in the region.</p> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed James Cleverly question first answered 10/06/2022 13:39:51 answering member 4366 label Biography information for James Cleverly
	tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins