Written Question·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office·UIN 53110

Iran: Women

Tabled: 19 May 2025

Answered: 3 June 2025

Question

Suella Braverman

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of taking legislative steps to help encourage Iran to improve the freedom of women and girls in that country.

Answer

Mr Hamish Falconer

We have not taken legal action regarding Iran's abhorrent repression of women and girls. However, we continue to stand with Iranian women and girls in their daily fight for equal rights. The UK was instrumental in delivering the Iran human rights resoluti...

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