Kurds in Iran - All Types

Select Committee

Home Office, Home Office, and Home Office

Oral Evidence Dec. 03 2021

Committee: Human Rights (Joint Committee)

Found: Many of the dead appear to have been Kurds from Iraq and Iran, some may have been Arabs and Afghans

Parliamentary Research
The Syrian civil war: Timeline and statistics - CBP-9381
Nov. 29 2021

Found: Syrian President Bashar al -Assad, aided by Iran and Russia, now controls most of Syria and is likely

Parliamentary Research
Syria and its civil war: A future under Assad? - CBP-9378
Nov. 26 2021

Found: raised (Iran).

Parliamentary Research
Belarus/EU migrant crisis - CBP-9389
Nov. 26 2021

Found: jailed or in exile abroad.

Commons Chamber
Freedom of Religion or Belief: 40th Anniversary of UN Declaration - Thu 25 Nov 2021
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) Is it not time that we highlighted the issues for the Kurds, the Christians, the Jews, the Armenians - Speech Link
2: David Simmonds (CON - Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner) Iran, Pakistan, Afghanistan and various countries in Africa, I encourage Ministers to ensure that we - Speech Link
3: Fabian Hamilton (LAB - Leeds North East) As we have heard this afternoon, Christians in Iran are being denied basic human rights and a place of - Speech Link

Select Committee

Formal Minutes Nov. 18 2021

Committee: Petitions Committee

Found: agreement https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/261431 18 Publicly condemn the US ’ actions towards Iran

Westminster Hall
Kurdish Political Representation and Equality in Turkey - Tue 02 Nov 2021
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Lloyd Russell-Moyle (LAB - Brighton, Kemptown) In the Kurds in Syria, we have not just a military ally but an alliance of minds and a modern, democratic - Speech Link
2: Crispin Blunt (CON - Reigate) Iran—it is plain that any aspiration for a greater Kurdistan is, frankly, for the birds at the minute - Speech Link
3: Alyn Smith (SNP - Stirling) The fact that the Kurdish people are spread across Turkey, Syria, Iraq and Iran leads to a very unstable - Speech Link

Westminster Hall
Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action: Iran - Tue 19 Oct 2021
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Theresa Villiers (CON - Chipping Barnet) It was always far too weak in what it asked Iran to do. - Speech Link
2: Robert Halfon (CON - Harlow) The JCPOA also does not address Iran’s repression of internal minorities such as the Kurds, nor does - Speech Link
3: Christian Wakeford (LAB - Bury South) Iranians or blamed Iran for engaging in assassination and terrorist-related activities in their countries - Speech Link
4: Alyn Smith (SNP - Stirling) the middle east, but especially in Iran, they will have SNP support. - Speech Link
5: Wayne David (LAB - Caerphilly) in exchange for certain and very limited sanctions relief for Iran. - Speech Link

Commons Chamber
Afghanistan - Wed 18 Aug 2021
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: Stewart Hosie (SNP - Dundee East) Kurds and the Shi’ites in the south were brutally suppressed.On 20 March 2003, the Iraq war started - Speech Link
2: Wayne David (LAB - Caerphilly) That crisis will be global in character, but it will particularly affect the nation states around Afghanistan—Iran - Speech Link
3: Owen Paterson (CON - North Shropshire) We are now in a mess. China, Russia and Iran are hostile. - Speech Link
4: Tahir Ali (LAB - Birmingham, Hall Green) Real tensions already exist between India, Pakistan, Iran and China, and the worsening situation in Afghanistan - Speech Link

Non-Departmental Publication (News and Communications)
Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration

Jun. 22 2021

Found: major cities and more prevalent amongst ethnic minority groups ( Kurds, Lori, Arabs, Baloch and Turkish