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{mosimage}Lord Wedderburn of Charlton: My Lords, the Minister speaks of keeping channels open. Will the Government renew their support for groups inside Iran that are pressing peacefully for democratic change? Will they reconsider the freezing of their assets in the way that is objectionable in the light of a court of the European Union in Luxembourg?

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{mosimage}Baroness Turner of Camden: The present Iraqi Government do not seem able to provide stability, which is what most Iraqis want. The United States Government seem to be attributing much of the unrest to the influence of Iran. For that reason, I am surprised that our Government continue to proscribe the PMOI—the People’s Mujaheddin Organisation of Iran—a peaceable organisation supported by many women.

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{mosimage}The following is the text of a speech by Lord Howell of Guildford in a debate on Britain’s Iran policy in the United Kingdom’s House of Lords on February 9, 2006:
  1. Lord Russell-Johnston: NCRI has "huge support" among Iranians
  2. Lord Clarke of Hampstead urges British government to remove terror label from PMOI
  3. Lord Taverne describes terrorist listing of PMOI as "ridiculous"
  4. Lord Archer of Sandwell: There is no future in appeasement of Iranian regime