HC Deb 16 July 1993 vol 228 cc730-2W
Mr. Cohen

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what action Her Majesty's Government will take in respect of possible threats by the Government of Iran Mujaheddin bases in Iraq.

Mr. Douglas Hogg

The possible contravention of Security Council resolution 598 is a matter for the Security Council which is permanently seized of the issue. We have expressed our serious concern at these air raids to the Iranian authorities. In a letter of 25 May to the United Nations Secretary-General, the Iranian permanent representative to the United Nations said that the air raids had been carried out in self-defence on the basis of article 51 of the United Nations charter and without prejudice to Iran's policy of respecting the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Iraq or its commitment to SCR 598.