To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will sequester appropriate assets of the government of Iran as compensation for Ministry of Defence equipment seized and not returned in (a) 2004 and (b) 2007; and if he will make a statement. (133581)

I have been asked to reply.

We will continue to press the Iranian authorities for the return of the boats and equipment seized by Iran in 2004 and 2007.