Iran: Capital Punishment
Commons · Question 33805 · Tabled 25 Feb 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record
Answered 10 Mar 2025
Question
Asked by Joshua Reynolds
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether the Government plans to take steps to intervene in the case of Iranian citizens Behrouz Ehsani and Mehdi Hassani; and whether he plans to have discussions with his Ir
Answer
Answered by Hamish Falconer, 10 Mar 2025
The UK opposes the death penalty in all circumstances as a matter of principle. We have repeatedly called on the Islamic Republic to establish a moratorium on executions, including through a Human Rights Ambassadors joint statement at the Human Rights Cou...