Iran: Demonstrations

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office written question – answered at on 17 January 2023.

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Photo of Dan Carden Dan Carden Labour, Liverpool, Walton

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether the Government plans to provide (a) political advocacy and (b) consulate-style support to protestors detained in Iran.

Photo of David Rutley David Rutley Assistant Whip (HM Treasury), Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)

The UK supports protestors by ensuring that the Iranian regime is held to account for its brutal response to the demonstrations following the tragic death of Mahsa Amini. We have summoned Iran's most senior diplomat in the UK five times since protests began. We have imposed sanctions on over 40 leading political, judicial and security officials. We worked with partners to successfully remove Iran from the UN Commission on the Status of Women and supported a Human Rights Council resolution to establish a UN investigation into the regime's appalling human rights violations. We have called on Iran to immediately ends its shocking use of the death penalty against protesters. We continue to offer consular support to all British nationals in Iran where they need our assistance.

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