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Question for Foreign and Commonwealth Office

UIN 213443, tabled on 4 November 2014

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment his Department has made of the human rights situation in Iran.

Answered on

7 November 2014

Iran's human right's situation remains dire. We are particularly concerned by the sharp rise in the number of executions over the past year, the ongoing suppression of freedom of expression and treatment of religious and other minority groups. There have been some limited positive steps under President Rouhani’s government, but we are clear much more needs to be done to ensure all Iranians enjoy the rights and freedoms they are entitled to.

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