Written Question·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office·UIN 75024

Iran: Human Rights

Tabled: 4 September 2025

Answered: 18 September 2025

Question

Alex Easton

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his Iranian counterparts on increases in the number of arrests of (a) human rights defenders and (b) religious minorities in that coun

Answer

Mr Hamish Falconer

The UK has strongly condemned the arrest of human rights defenders and religious minorities in Iran. In the past ten months, the UK was integral to the delivery of two Iran human rights resolutions. The first, adopted by the UN Third Committee in November...

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