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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2017-12-07more like thismore than 2017-12-07
answering body
Foreign and Commonwealth Office more like this
answering dept id 16 remove filter
answering dept short name Foreign and Commonwealth Office more like this
answering dept sort name Foreign and Commonwealth Office more like this
hansard heading Iran: BBC Persian Service more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his oral contribution of 21 November 2017, Official Report, Vol 631 Col 852, if will raise persecution of and intimidation against staff of the BBC Persian service during his forthcoming visit to Iran. more like this
tabling member constituency Kingston upon Hull North remove filter
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Diana Johnson more like this
uin 118339 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2017-12-13more like thismore than 2017-12-13
answer text <p>Reports about harassment of BBC Persian staff and their families in Iran are deeply worrying. The Foreign Secretary specifically raised our concerns about the harassment of BBC Persian staff and their families in Iran with his Iranian counterpart during his visit to Tehran on 9-10 December. This issue is intimately bound up with wider questions of the protection of civil and political rights in Iran; the Foreign Secretary also raised our broader concerns on Iran’s human rights record during his visit.</p> more like this
answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire more like this
answering member printed Alistair Burt more like this
question first answered
less than 2017-12-13T17:54:47.407Zmore like thismore than 2017-12-13T17:54:47.407Z
answering member
1201
label Biography information for Alistair Burt more like this
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answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire remove filter
answering member printed Alistair Burt more like this
answering member
1201
label Biography information for Alistair Burt more like this
tabling member
1533
label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson more like this