HC Deb 14 May 1992 vol 207 cc192-3W
Mr. Winnick

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on the state of current relations between Iran and the United Kingdom.

Mr. Douglas Hogg

We hope that relations with Iran will evolve in a positive direction. But as the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs told the hon. Member for Greenock and Port Glasgow (Dr. Godman)There will be no dramatic or immediate change"— [Official Report, 18 December 1991: Vol 201, c. 259.] in the relationship. In our contacts with the Iranian authorities we continue to make clear that the death sentence on Salman Rushdie is an unacceptable infringement of his rights as a British citizen.

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