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 counterparts on the importance of upholding international human rights standards.

The UK raises Iran's human rights record at all appropriate opportunities, both directly with Iranian authorities in London and via His Majesty's Ambassador in Tehran. On 3 October, the Foreign Secretary summoned Iran's most senior diplomat in the UK, Mehdi Hosseini Matin, to the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. We outlined our condemnation of the Iranian government's repression of human rights during protests and urged restraint. This message was reiterated again in a meeting on 26 October. We continue to work with partners to hold Iran to account, through multilateral fora such as the UN Human Rights Council and the UN General Assembly Third Committee.