Britain and Iran? We know far more than we think

9th May 2008
By Ali Ansari

The House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee’s report on Iran published on the 2 March 2008, offers one of the most comprehensive assessments of British policy towards Iran of recent years (the last report was issued in 2004).

The report itself, at 54 pages, is supported by extensive documentation: largely the oral and written evidence submitted by various specialists, myself included.  Dominated as we are in Britain by our relations with the EU and the transatlantic alli…