Written Question·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office·UIN 118714

Iran: Internet

Tabled: 9 March 2026

Answered: 18 March 2026

Question

Tim Farron

Liberal Democrat — Westmorland and Lonsdale

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much funding her Department provides to support secure internet access, circumvention technologies and independent Persian-language media for people in Iran; and whether

Answer

Mr Hamish Falconer

On 23 January, the UK supported UN Human Rights Council resolution SS39/1 calling on Iran to immediately restore full internet access and telecommunications services, and in February, we spoke out as part of the Freedom Online Coalition for the Iranian pe...

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