LFI parliamentarians have today urged the government to take a more robust and comprehensive stance towards the Iranian regime at a Westminster Hall Debate on the topic. In his remarks, Parliamentary Labour Party chair John Cryer MP – a longstanding campaigner on the issue – once again set out the Read more…
Iran may be able to produce nuclear weapons “on demand”, a leading expert warned last week. The report in The Economist magazine also provided details of a new nuclear facility being constructed by Tehran deep in the Zagros mountains. It comes as the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has reportedly estimated that Read more…
The government has been challenged over its failure to proscribe the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist group in a debate in the House of Lords yesterday. The debate follows reporting that the government was imminently about to proscribe the IRGC in early January, though this has not Read more…
Bashar al-Assad triumphantly returned to the Middle East’s top table last week – 12 years after the blood-soaked dictator was suspended from the Arab League at the outset of a civil war which has killed more than 500,000 people and displaced millions. What happened On Friday, Assad attended an Arab Read more…
Syria’s president Bashar al-Assad cemented his return to the Arab fold this week, as Saudi Arabia – a key ally of rebel groups in Syria’s civil war – said its diplomats would return to the country. The restoration of diplomatic ties on Tuesday, later confirmed by Damascus, follows more than Read more…
In today’s House of Lords question on Palestinian civilian casualties, LFI parliamentary supporter Lord Turnberg reminded colleagues of the malign influence of Iran as a barrier to peace in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, particularly through the funding of terrorist groups like Palestinian Islamic Jihad, Hamas and Hezbollah. He asked: “My Lords, Read more…
Iran’s foreign minister toured Lebanon’s border with Israel on Friday as part of a visit to the Arab nation, including taking pictures looking into the Jewish state, of which his regime routinely calls for the destruction. Hossein Amir-Abdollahian visited with a number of Lebanese parliamentarians and members of Hezbollah, the Read more…
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps – Tehran’s much-feared ideological army – has effectively taken charge of the Iranian economy, secret documents published last weekend indicate. The revelations – published by the Sunday Times – come amid warnings about IRGC assassination plots in Britain and its efforts to rally terror groups Read more…
This afternoon, a number of LFI parliamentarians joined a Britain-Israel APPG briefing from Tamir Hayman, managing director of the Institute for National Security Studies (INSS), on the security situation in the Middle East, including the threat posed by Iran and the domestic situation in Israel.
At today’s Foreign Office Questions session, LFI parliamentarians questioned the government on a number of issues relating to Israel and the Middle East. Shadow Tech Minister and LFI parliamentary supporter Alex Davies-Jones MP asked what work the Foreign Office was doing to encourage the use of innovative tech and AI Read more…
LFI chair Steve McCabe MP and a number of LFI parliamentarians have signed a cross-party letter calling on the government to finally proscribe the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist organisation. Other signatories included LFI vice-chairs Diana Johnson MP, Sharon Hodgson MP and John Spellar MP. The letter Read more…
On Saturday the 25th across much of the world clocks were moved an hour forward to mark Daylight Savings Time, an act which for many signals the beginning of summer. But one day before the clocks were due to go forward, Lebanon’s caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati announced that the practice Read more…