The government must stop listening to the “overtures” of the Biden administration in fighting the national security threat posed by Iran, parliament was told by a conservative MP.
Tory MP Brendan Clarke-Smith said Britain should “pay no heed” to U.S. political pressure over proscribing a military arm of the regime which he says poses “immediate threats” to domestic security.
Speaking on Wednesday, the MP said: “Reports suggest that the UK has come under pressure from the Biden Administration over the question of proscription, which jars with their active decision not to delist the organisation from their own proscription list.
“The UK government must pay no heed to these overtures and instead put our national security interests first,” he said….