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date	17/04/2018
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Iran: Cybersecurity
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the implications are of recent Iranian cyber attacks on universities in the UK and US on the level of cyber threat posed by that country to the UK more generally.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	136227
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2018 answer text <p>The level of malicious cyber activity emanating from actors within Iran is concerning, as demonstrated in the global hacking campaign against universities by the Mabna Institute based in Iran. The UK calls on the Iranian Government to reduce the ability of malicious actors to operate from its territory.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 25/04/2018 15:36:51 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

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registered interest
date	17/04/2018
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Iran: Internet
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether his Department has made representations to the Iranian Government on restrictions being applied to people in that country on access to the internet and social media; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	136228
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2018 answer text <p>​The UK strongly believes that the human rights that people have offline must also be protected online. Any restrictions on access to the internet and social media in Iran are concerning. The Foreign Secretary and I have both discussed our concerns about the human rights situation in Iran with our counterparts. In addition, working with our EU partners, we have placed sanctions on the Iranian cyber police for their role in online repression.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 25/04/2018 11:24:26 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds