Written question asked by David Lammy (Labour) on Monday, 27 February 2023, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 1 March 2023. It was answered by David Rutley (Conservative) on Tuesday, 7 March 2023 on behalf of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office.

Iran

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his international counterparts on the potential risk of increased tensions between Iran and its neighbouring countries.

Answer: The Foreign Secretary regularly discusses the potential risk Iran poses to international and regional security with partners. Recently, he discussed this with G20 partners in India and in February, he met with his US, French and German counterparts in Munich to discuss Iran's nuclear escalation. He regularly consults his Israeli and Gulf counterparts including at the Manama Dialogue in Bahrain in November 2022. The UK is working with a range of partners to hold Iran to account for breaches of UNSCRs and to address Iranian weapons proliferation.

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