HC Deb 20 March 1979 vol 964 cc522-3W
19. Mr. Hugh Jenkins

asked the Secretary of State for Defence what plans he has for the 1,200 Chieftain tanks origin ally ordered by the ex-Shah of Iran.

28. Mr. Flannery

asked the Secretary of State for Defence if the new Iranian Government have cancelled the order for 1,200 Chieftain tanks fitted with special armour, placed while the ex-Shah was in power.

Mr. Mulley

As a result of action by the previous Iranian Government, the project to build tanks for Iran is being wound up. This leaves us with a number of partly completed tanks, and material for more, to be disposed of, but nothing like the full order, which would have taken several years to complete. I am considering how best to sort out the consequences of the Iranian action.