Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent representations he has made to his Iranian counterpart on the release of the detained British-Iranian national, Mehran Raoof from Evin prison.

We are aware of reports regarding the arrest and detention of Mr Raoof in Tehran in October 2020 and we stand ready to support him and his family.

Mr Raoof has not requested our assistance; we cannot raise his case with the Iranian Government without a request to do so from him, his family or his representatives.