Dodds: Labour urges PM to de-escalate tension in Middle East

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Labour Chair Anneliese Dodds says the party has urged the prime minister to de-escalate tensions in the Middle East, while ensuring there is restraint from Israel.    She adds the Labour Party believes the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRCG) should be proscribed in the UK. Report by Alibhaiz. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn

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00:00 We don't know the full details yet of what happened but it's incredibly important that

00:05 diplomatic facilities are always protected. It's wrong for them ever to be targeted.

00:11 As I said, we don't know the full details of this but we do believe it is wrong to attack

00:16 diplomatic facilities and we've made that very clear as the Labour Party.

00:19 We have urged the Prime Minister to make sure that he uses every opportunity to urge a de-escalation

00:26 of the conflict in the Middle East. We understand that he is going to be speaking with the Israeli

00:32 Prime Minister, also with the G7 as well, and we've really urged him to use those means

00:38 to try and ensure that there is restraint, that there is a de-escalation, and also that

00:43 we're playing our part when it comes to sanctions, for example, against Iran.

00:47 We also believe that the IRGC, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, should be prescribed

00:53 in our country. We think that's important so that we are playing our part in preventing

00:58 further instability and insecurity.

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