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Shadow Energy Secretary Andrew Bowie says the Conservatives are in “fulsome agreement” with the Labour Party that the “threat Iran poses to the Middle East and to British interests around the world is grave”. He adds: “We stand firm in our commitment to hold Iran to account.” Report by Patelr. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn

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00:00There are not many areas where we and the Labour government are in agreement, but we're in a
00:04whole foolsome agreement, that the threat Iran poses to the Middle East and to British interests
00:11around the world is grave, and that they should take our resolve to fight that and to combat this
00:19with the utmost seriousness. We will not reneger our responsibilities to our allies in the region,
00:23and we will not stand by whilst Iran threatens British interests either at home or abroad. So
00:28yes, we're in complete agreement with the Foreign Secretary on this. We stand firm in our commitment
00:33to hold Iran to account for their appalling human rights record, for the instability that they are
00:39causing in the region, and we stand with our allies in our determination to prevent them from getting
00:43a nuclear weapon.

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