Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions (a) Ministers and (b) officials have had with the Special Rapporteur on Iran, Ms Asma Jahangir, or with the Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion, Dr Ahmed Shaheed on the treatment of the Bahá'ís in Iran.

At the Human Rights Council in March 2017, the UK strongly supported the renewal of the mandate of the United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief. We look forward to engaging with the UN Special Rapporteur on Iran during the interactive dialogue in the UNGA Third Committee. The British Government supports the UN Special Rapporteur on Iran's assessment that discrimination against the Baha'i community is legally sanctioned by a lack of constitutional recognition and the absence of other legal protections for adherents of this faith.