Written question asked by David Drew (Labour) on Tuesday, 24 June 2008, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 26 June 2008. It was answered by Jim Murphy (Labour) on Wednesday, 2 July 2008 on behalf of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

Iran: Iraq

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what reports he has received of Iranian funding of the Revolutionary Guard Qods Force in Iraq.

Answer: The Qods Force (QF) is a branch of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), and as such is an agency of the Iranian state. We assess that the IRGC and the IRGC-QF is involved in training, equipping and supplying Iraqi armed groups. Any Iranian support to armed groups operating outside the political process in Iraq is unacceptable. Both the Government and the sovereign Government of Iraq have made this clear to the Iranian authorities on many occasions.

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