Iran: Detainees

(asked on 22nd November 2021) - View Source

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the government of Iran regarding (1) Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, (2) Anoosheh Ashoori, and (3) other British nationals detained in Iran.


Answered by
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Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
This question was answered on 6th December 2021

The Foreign Secretary most recently discussed the cases of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, Anoosheh Ashoori, and Morad Tahbaz and all detained dual nationals with Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian on 8 November. The Minister for the Middle East and North Africa raised their cases with his Iranian counterpart Deputy Foreign Minister, Bagheri Kani when he visited the FCDO on 11 November. Our Ambassador in Tehran continues to regularly raise Nazanin ZaghariRatcliffe, Anoosheh Ashoori and Morad Tahbaz with the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

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