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Commons Chamber
Special Envoy for Freedom of Religion or Belief Bill - Fri 17 May 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Fiona Bruce (Con - Congleton) worship deliberately destroyed and reports of pastors disappearing.We have seen daily disturbances in Iran - Speech Link
2: Fiona Bruce (Con - Congleton) Nigeria, Christians and human rights leaders in Myanmar and Nicaragua, a pastor in Cuba, Baha’is in Iran - Speech Link

Departmental Publication (News and Communications)
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

May. 16 2024

Source Page: Russia skews economy in effort to prop up its war machine: UK statement to the OSCE
Document: Russia skews economy in effort to prop up its war machine: UK statement to the OSCE (webpage)

Found: Increasingly diminished, Russia is having to resort to Iran and North Korea for lethal aid.

Lords Chamber
Defence Funding - Thu 16 May 2024
HM Treasury

Mentions:
1: Lord Alton of Liverpool (XB - Life peer) which urged urgency in addressing the multiple threats from dictators in Russia, China, North Korea and Iran - Speech Link

Written Question
Iran: Capital Punishment
Thursday 16th May 2024

Asked by: Lord Wigley (Plaid Cymru - Life peer)

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have made representations to the government of Iran regarding the death sentences imposed upon Toomaj Salehi, Abbas Deries, Reza Rasaei and Mojahed Kourkour.

Answered by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon - Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)

The UK condemns the death sentence of prominent and fearless artist Toomaj Salehi. Iran's deliberate attempts to silence dissenting voices are clear for all to see. We call for Mr Salehi's immediate release, and the release of all those who are unjustly detained by the Iranian regime. Mr Salehi's sentence is yet more evidence of unacceptable restrictions on freedom of expression in Iran. Nine people associated with the "Woman Life Freedom" protests have been executed.

The UK opposes the death penalty in all circumstances as a matter of principle. We condemn Iran's continued imposition of the death penalty on protesters and have sanctioned 94 Iranian individuals or entities for human rights violations since September 2022. We call on Iran to establish a moratorium on executions with a view to abolishing the death penalty.

Parliamentary Research
Refugees and the UK's international aid response - CBP-10024
May. 15 2024

Found: Iran and Turkey were the countries to host the most refugees – 3.4 million each by mid- 2023.

Select Committee
Lancaster University
 CCS0007 - Climate change and security

Written Evidence May. 15 2024

Inquiry: Climate change and security
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Environmental Audit Committee

Found: to the proliferation of criminal actors and politically motivated disruptors (such as Russia and Iran

Select Committee
University of Leeds
 CCS0033 - Climate change and security

Written Evidence May. 15 2024

Inquiry: Climate change and security
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Environmental Audit Committee

Found: 2050 or 2060 will require the vast bulk of the oil and gas being produced by Russia, Saudi Arabia, Iran

Select Committee
King's College London, King's College London, King's College London, Imperial College London, and Reporting Project on Mexico’s Environmental Defenders
 CCS0027 - Climate change and security

Written Evidence May. 15 2024

Inquiry: Climate change and security
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Environmental Audit Committee

Found: Ukraine, Iran, the Taiwan Strait, the Chad Basin, the Arctic, the Tibetan plateau) and domains (

Select Committee
Population Matters
 CCS0035 - Climate change and security

Written Evidence May. 15 2024

Inquiry: Climate change and security
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Environmental Audit Committee

Found: 80% of the global increase in CO2 emissions was confined to only four countries – China, India, Iran

Select Committee
Center for Climate and Security
 CCS0034 - Climate change and security

Written Evidence May. 15 2024

Inquiry: Climate change and security
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Environmental Audit Committee

Found: For example, in part due to an unprecedented heatwave in Iran in 2021, 97 percent of the country faced