To ask Her Majesty's Government further to the Written Answer by Lord Malloch-Brown on 9 July (WA 167), whether the fact that the status in the United States of the National Council of Resistance of Iran is a matter for the government of the United States prevents them from co-ordinating with that government their policies towards the National Council. [HL5011]

The US authorities are well aware of the the UK's position towards the National Council of Resistance of Iran and the People's Mujahedin Organisation of Iran (PMOI/MeK). However, US proscription is a matter for those authorities alone.