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Iran: Christianity

Commons · Question 38968 · Tabled 18 Mar 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record

Answered 1 Apr 2025

Question

Asked by Bob Blackman

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the potential impact of (a) suppression of the freedom of (i) religion or (ii) belief, (b) persecution of people who convert to Christia

Answer

Answered by Hamish Falconer, 1 Apr 2025

We condemn Iran's severe repression of Freedom of Religion or Belief including against Christians. The UK was integral to the delivery of the Iran human rights resolution, adopted by the UN Third Committee in November 2024, which called on Iran to cease m...