Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what representations he has made to his Iranian counterpart on the death of Mahsa (Zhina) Amini and the excessive use of force by security forces against those protesting her death.

The death of Mahsa Amini is a shocking reminder of the repression faced by women in Iran. Iran's most senior diplomat in the UK was summoned to the FCDO on 3 October. The UK again reiterated to him our condemnation of Iran's action on 26 October, in a meeting with the Minister for the Middle East Lord (Tariq) Ahmad. On 10 September, the UK announced sanctions on the Morality Police and two of its leaders. The UK also imposed sanctions on five other leading political and security officials for serious human rights violations. Sanctions demonstrate clearly to the Iranian authorities, that the UK will hold it to account for repression of women and girls and the violence inflicted on its people. We continue to raise human rights with the Iranian authorities at every opportunity.