Iran Detainees Debate
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Andy Slaughter
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(2 years, 8 months ago)
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Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith) (Lab)
This is very good news, but it is not the end of the matter. Even if the Foreign Secretary will not discuss individual cases, she will be aware that a number of UK citizens and dual nationals are still being held in Iran, some of whom, for good reasons, will not be as well known as Nazanin. Will she meet the relevant Members of Parliament and the families whose relatives are still detained in Iran, and what leverage does she think she will have now that the debt has been paid?
Elizabeth Truss
Of course I will continue to meet the families of detained individuals, and I will continue to work to get those people released from unfair detention.