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1564460

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date	06/01/2023
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Iran: Demonstrations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department has taken steps to help ensure the safety of protestors in Iran.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	117464
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2023 answer text <p>Since the start of protests in September, the Foreign Secretary has summoned Iran's most senior diplomat in the UK five times to demand an end to the Iranian authorities' worsening crackdown on protests and their use of the death penalty. Lord Ahmad had reiterated this message in his conversations with the Chargé d'Affaires, most recently on 20 December. It has also been relayed to the Iranian authorities through our ambassador in Tehran. With our partners, the UK has also secured the removal of Iran from the UN Commission on the Status of Women and the establishment of a UN investigation into the regime's appalling human rights violations. We will continue to hold Iran to account for its actions.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 23/01/2023 16:28:38 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1564462

registered interest
date	06/01/2023
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Iran: Demonstrations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing new sanctions on Iran in response to the human rights violations against protestors in that country.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	117465
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2023 answer text <p>The UK maintains sanctions on over 300 Iranian individuals and entities covering human rights violations, nuclear proliferation and terrorism. Since protests began we have introduced three separate sanctions packages, imposing sanctions on leading political, judicial and security officials for their role in committing serious human rights violations in supressing the current protests. We keep our designations list under constant review and will continue to work with partners to ensure the Iranian regime is held to account for its appalling actions.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 20/01/2023 09:59:18 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1564525

registered interest
date	06/01/2023
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Iran: Unmanned Air Vehicles
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to tackle the sale of Iranian-made drones to hostile states.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	117466
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2023 answer text <p>Iran's support for the Russian military campaign in Ukraine is deplorable and the supply of drones is in violation of UN Security Council resolution 2231. The UK has raised this issue alongside partners at the UN Security Council on 19 October and 19 December 2022. On 20 October and 13 December, the UK adopted new sanctions alongside the EU against Iranian individuals and entities involved in these transfers. The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office will continue to work with partners to hold Iran to account for all of its malign activity, through our words and actions.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 20/01/2023 10:00:54 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman