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Iran: Religious Freedom

Question for Foreign and Commonwealth Office

UIN 7412, tabled on 4 September 2017

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had over the summer recess with the Iranian authorities about the persecution of religious minorities in that country.

Answered on

12 September 2017

​I raised concerns about the persecution of religious and ethnic minorities with Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Majid Takht-Ravanchi during my visit to Tehran on 5 August.

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Foreign and Commonwealth Office