Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has made representations to (a) his counterpart in Iran and (b) the UN Security Council on the implications for international peace and security of the arbitrary detention of foreign and dual nationals in Iran.

​The British Government has formally notified the Iranian Government of the Foreign Secretary’s decision to exercise diplomatic protection in the case of Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe. The decision represents formal recognition that Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe’s treatment fails to meet Iran’s obligations under International Law. We have not made representations to the UN Security Council on these matters.