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Dominic Raab has to handle a stand-off with Iran and his own civil servants

25 July 2019

4:06 AM

25 July 2019

4:06 AM

It’s not an easy time to become Foreign Secretary, as Dominic Raab is about to find out. There is, of course, the crisis in relations with Iran, which threatens to escalate further in the coming days. Raab is taking over shortly after Jeremy Hunt announced a European-led mission to protect shipping in the Gulf, which may not necessarily accord with Boris Johnson’s own foreign policy instincts.

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