Mehran Raoof

(asked on 11th June 2021) - View Source

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 20 May 2021 to Question 4592, on Mehran Raoof, when was the last time UK officials made contact with detained dual British national Mehran Raoof in Iran; and whether a UK official is planned to attend Mr Raoof's trial with him on 13 June 2021.


Answered by
James Cleverly Portrait
James Cleverly
Home Secretary
This question was answered on 16th June 2021

Officials at the British Embassy in Tehran formally requested access and attempted to attend Mr Raoof's hearing on 13th June, but were denied access. We will continue to request access to hearings for dual British nationals where the family wishes us to do so.

We remain in close contact with the family of Mehran Raoof and our Embassy in Tehran continues to request consular access. Iran does not however recognise dual nationality and does not grant access.

We continue to raise dual national cases at the most senior levels, and discuss them at every opportunity with our Iranian counterparts. Her Majesty's Ambassador in Tehran regularly raises dual national cases with the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, most recently on 9 June.

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