Iran: Ethnic Groups

Foreign and Commonwealth Office written question – answered at on 16 May 2019.

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Photo of Matthew Pennycook Matthew Pennycook Shadow Minister (Exiting the European Union)

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has made to his Iranian counterpart on the effect of Iranian water policies on the Ahwazi Arab population in that country.

Photo of Andrew Murrison Andrew Murrison Minister of State (Foreign and Commonwealth Office) (Joint with the Department for International Development)

​No representations have been made on the topic of Iranian water policies towards the Ahwazi Arab population. However, we are concerned by the substantial violations of the rights of ethnic minorities and their defenders in Iran and therefore, we continue to support the work of the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of Human Rights in Iran in monitoring and reporting on the rights of ethnic minorities in the country.

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