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The hon. Lady pre-empts what I will say later in my speech. I absolutely agree with what she says.

I beg to move, That this House condemns unreservedly the actions of the Government of Iran in suppressing protests in that country; deplores

I thank my hon. Friend for that intervention.

I thank the right hon. Gentleman for that intervention, but I will wait for the Minister to respond to the debate.

It is fair to say that the Government have not been inactive in this regard.

I will just finish my point. Just last weekend, a journalist was arrested and remains detained in Iran.

I thank the right hon. Gentleman for that intervention.

I will, if I may, make a bit of progress. I will take some more interventions in a minute.

Indeed. I thank my hon. Friend for that point.

I thank the hon. Lady for her intervention. Alireza Akbari, who is not just an Iranian, but a UK-Iranian dual national, is on death row.