Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs written question – answered at on 6 October 2008.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make representations to the Government of Iran urging the release of six members of the Baha'í community arrested in that country on 14 May 2008; and if he will make a statement.
We remain very concerned about the overall treatment of Iran's Baha'i community and, in particular, the continued detention without charge of seven members of their informal leadership since May. We have consistently voiced our concern about this and urged the Iranian government to release them unconditionally. Following a UK recommendation, the EU issued a public statement on
'deeply disturbed' by the arrests of members of the Baha'i community and called for their
'immediate and unconditional release'.
We will continue to press Iran to fully uphold the right to freedom of religion and to end the persecution of Baha'is in Iran.
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