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Iran: Baha'i Faith |
| Question ID: |
1807988 |
| UIN: |
56261 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-06-02 |
| Asking Member ID: |
4471 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Rachael Maskell
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rachaelmaskell
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@rachaelmaskell
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what representations his Department has made to the Iranian authorities following reports of 10 Bahá'í women being sentenced to a combined 90 years in prison for facilitating |
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true |
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| Date answered: |
2025-06-09 |
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false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
5148 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Mr Hamish Falconer
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
Mr Hamish Falconer
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| Answer text: |
Iran's abhorrent repression of Baha'is is unacceptable. We continue to take action in multilateral fora to spotlight abuses against Baha'is and hold Iran to account. On 18 March, at the Human Rights Council, the UK's Permanent Representative to the UN, sa... |
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| Answering body ID: |
208 |
| Answering body name: |
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office |
| Tweeted: |
true |