Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what information his Department holds on the nationalities of people executed in Iran in the last 12 months.

The UK Government opposes the death penalty in all circumstances in every country, including Iran. The opaque nature of Iran's judicial system makes it difficult to gather detail on all executions that have taken place. The execution of British-Iranian national Alireza Akbari in January demonstrated the Iranian authority's complete disregard for human life. Similarly, their execution of Swedish-Iranian national Habib Chaab in May was an unacceptable politically motivated act. We will never accept Iran's use of the death penalty, or its practice of unfairly detaining foreign nationals, and we will continue to work with partners to hold Iran to account.