00:00and today as the further reports have come through the Minister for the Middle East at
00:17my instruction has summoned the Iranian ambassador to underline the gravity of this moment and to
00:23call Iran to answer for the horrific reports that we are hearing but this latest conduct by the
00:31Iranian regime is no aberration it is no outlier rather it is all too in keeping with the fundamental
00:37nature and track record of this regime consistent with its previous conduct towards its own people
00:42as we saw during the lethal repression of protesters led by Iranian women following the death in custody
00:49of Masa Amini at the hands of Iran's so-called morality police or consistent with its destabilizing
00:57actions towards its neighbors in the region as we have seen in its backing of terrorist and extremist
01:02proxies of Hezbollah of Hamas of the Houthis and militia groups in Iraq and Syria and from Iran's
01:09barrage of missile attacks on Israel weapons inspectors still have not been given access
01:14and far from changing their approach we have seen instead a reversion to the most brutal forms of
01:20repression on their own streets as a result I can confirm the UK will bring forward legislation
01:26to implement full and further sanctions and sectoral measures the UK has already designated key players
01:34in Iran's oil energy nuclear and financial systems further measures will target finance energy transport
01:40software and other significant industries which are advancing Iranian nuclear escalation and we
01:46will we will work further with the EU and other partners to explore what additional measures now
01:52might now be needed in response to developments
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