Written Question·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office·UIN 83265

Mehran Shamloui

Tabled: 20 October 2025
Answered: 29 October 2025

Question

Bob Blackman

ConservativeHarrow East

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of Iran’s recent Supreme Court’s decision to deny a retrial for Mehran Shamloui; and what diplomat

Answer

Mr Hamish Falconer
We are concerned by Mehran Shamoui's case and by Iran's treatment of Christians, in particular Christian converts, more broadly. On 23 September 2025, at the UN Human Rights Council, UK Permanent Representative, Kumar Iyer, highlighted the targeting and s...

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