Written Question·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office·UIN 67434

Iran: Political Prisoners and Women

Tabled: 14 July 2025
Answered: 6 August 2025

Question

Anneliese Dodds

Labour (Co-op)Oxford East

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help support (a) women and (b) political prisoners under threat from the Iranian regime.

Answer

Mr Hamish Falconer
We continue to support women and political prisoners in Iran through sustained action alongside international partners in multilateral fora. In the past eight months, the UK was integral to the delivery of two Iran human rights resolutions. The first, ado...

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