Early Day Motion·EDM 754

Re-imprisonment of Fariba Kamalbadi and Mahvash Sabet in Iran

16 January 202314 Signatures

Primary sponsor

Bob Blackman

ConservativeHarrow East

Motion Text

That this House notes with concern the re-imprisonment in December 2022 of Fariba Kamalbadi and Mahvash Sabet, two Baha’is in Iran; further notes that both of these women served 10 years in harsh conditions from 2008 to 2018 and were the subject of widespread international outcry; acknowledges that these two women are widely regarded as prisoners of conscience; observes with concern that both women are over 60 years of age and poor health; and urges the Government to use all bilateral and multilateral means of influence to call on the Iranian Government to release Fariba and Mahvash immediately.