Written Question·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office·UIN 82655

Hakop Gochumyan

Tabled: 16 October 2025
Answered: 29 October 2025

Question

Bob Blackman

ConservativeHarrow East

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with her counterparts in Iran on Hakop Gochumyan; and whether she is taking diplomatic steps to help secure his release.

Answer

Mr Hamish Falconer
We are very concerned by Mr. Gochumyan's case and at Iran's treatment of Christians more broadly. On 23 September 2025, at the UN Human Rights Council, UK Permanent Representative, Kumar Iyer, highlighted the targeting and scapegoating of marginalised gro...

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