HC Deb 13 May 1996 vol 277 c362W
Mr. Dalyell

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations Her Majesty's Government have made to the German Government about the guided tour given by the German intelligence chief, Bernd Schmidbauer, of the German intelligence headquarters at Wiesbaden, to Ali Fallahian, head of Iranian intelligence. [27854]

Mr. Hanley

The Iranian Intelligence Minister, Ali Fallahian, visited Germany as a guest of the German Government from 6 to 7 October 1993. The arrangements for the visit were a matter for the German Government. The right hon. Member for Witney (Mr. Hurd), then the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, expressed his concern to Foreign Minister Kinkel about the visit and about Iran's activities.