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Labour govt places Iran and IRGC onto highest foreign influence register tier

Posted 4 March, 2025 in Iran, News
Security Minister Dan Jarvis MP The Labour government has today placed the entire Iranian state, including its intelligence services and the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, onto the highest tier of the new Foreign Influence Registration Scheme (FIRS). Security Minister Dan Jarvis today confirmed that the FIRS scheme will require “the registration of arrangements to carry out political…

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LFI chair: We must act urgently to stop Iran producing a nuclear bomb

Posted 25 February, 2025 in Abraham Accords, Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, Israel, Middle East, News
LFI chair Jon Pearce MP has written the below article for PoliticsHome. Click here to read the original. LFI chair Jon Pearce MP The UK and its allies are running out of time to stop Iran from developing nuclear weapons. With the world’s attention focused on the devastating war that began on 7 October 2023, Iran has been…

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LFI vice-chair Damien Egan: We must not forget the role of those in Tehran who backed Hamas

Posted 13 February, 2025 in Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, Israel, Labour Party, News, Palestinian Territories
LFI vice-chair Damien Egan MP has written the below article for the Jewish News. Click here to read the original. Damien Egan MP Many of us will have experienced a mixture of emotions as we saw the images of Ohad Ben Ami, Eli Sharabi and Or Levy as they were released by Hamas on Saturday. Relief that, after nearly…

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LFI chair Jon Pearce: It is time to make Britain a Khamenei-free zone

Posted 7 January, 2025 in Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, Israel, Labour Party, Middle East, News
LFI chair Jon Pearce MP LFI chair Jon Pearce MP has written the below article for JewishNews. Click here to read the original. Last year, the Iranian regime celebrated the 45th anniversary of the revolution which brought Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini to power and ushered in more than four decades of brutal repression at home and the export of…

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After the War: Marginalising the Enemies of Peace

Posted 19 December, 2024 in Abraham Accords, Coexistence, Hamas, Hezbollah, Incitement, Iran, Israel, Israel-Hamas 2023 conflict, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
LFI today publishes After the War: Marginalising the Enemies of Peace, a policy paper on what needs to be done after the Gaza war to marginalise the enemies of peace.   For Britain, Europe and pragmatic Arab states, the foundational principle – that a negotiated two-state solution offers the only long-term prospect for settling the Israeli…

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Pat McFadden: Government “will always support Israel’s right to defend itself”

Posted 9 December, 2024 in Hezbollah, Iran, Israel, Labour Party, Middle East, News
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Pat McFadden Following developments in Syria over the weekend, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and former LFI vice-chair Pat McFadden MP has reiterated that the government "will always support Israel's right to defend itself and make itself secure". Speaking on Sky News, he continued that the overthrow of Assad…

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Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s speech to LFI’s 2024 Annual Lunch

Posted 2 December, 2024 in Coexistence, Iran, Israel, Israel-Hamas 2023 conflict, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Prime Minister Keir Starmer addresses LFI Annual Lunch 2024 ***CHECKED AGAINST DELIVERY*** Chief Rabbi, Honoured Guests… It’s a privilege to be invited to speak to you today. And I’d like to begin by thanking our lunch co-sponsors - Sir David Garrard and Stuart Roden. And I know everyone here will join me in sending our very…

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PM pledges UK-led International Fund meeting at LFI annual lunch

Posted 2 December, 2024 in Iran, Israel, Israeli Politics, Labour Party, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process
Prime Minister Keir Starmer addresses LFI Annual Lunch 2024 Keir Starmer yesterday addressed LFI’s Annual Lunch – its biggest in 15 years – and underlined his support for Israel and a two-state solution.  The prime minister also had strong words for Iran, restated the government’s opposition to BDS, and made a major announcement on Britain’s work…

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Ministers reiterate need to free hostages and tackle Iran

Posted 26 November, 2024 in Hamas, Iran, Israel, Labour Party, Middle East, News
Middle East Minister Hamish Falconer and International Development Minister Anneliese Dodds At today's Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Questions session, Middle East Minister Hamish Falconer and International Development Minister Anneliese Dodds respectively reiterated the government's positions on the need to free the 101 Israeli hostages still being held in Gaza and the need to tackle the threats…

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LFI statement on Northern Gaza

Posted 13 November, 2024 in Hamas, Iran, Israel, Israeli Politics, Middle East, News, Peace process
LFI statement on northern Gaza  Hamas’ murderous assault on southern Israel on 7 October triggered tragic conflicts in Gaza and Lebanon, and huge suffering for innocent people throughout the region. LFI continues to support a ceasefire, the immediate and unconditional release of all the Israeli hostages held by Hamas, and an increase in aid to…

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