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Lord Hannay of Chiswick (CB)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 12 January 2026

Debate

Iran: Protests

Contribution

My Lords, as someone who served in Her Majesty’s embassy in Tehran many years ago, I express my anguish at what we are seeing being meted out to citizens of Iran who are simply using their rights to demonstrate. Does the Minister not think that one message that could be sent out is that, should they have a Government who are prepared to come into full conformity with all the international rules put forward in recent years—with regard to their nuclear programme and other aspects of their policy—we would respond positively, but we will not respond positively while what is going on before our eyes is as horrifying as it is?

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