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Iran: Baha'i Faith

Commons · Question 56261 · Tabled 2 Jun 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record

Answered 9 Jun 2025

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Asked by Rachael Maskell

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what representations his Department has made to the Iranian authorities following reports of 10 Bahá'í women being sentenced to a combined 90 years in prison for facilitating

Answer

Answered by Hamish Falconer, 9 Jun 2025

Iran's abhorrent repression of Baha'is is unacceptable. We continue to take action in multilateral fora to spotlight abuses against Baha'is and hold Iran to account. On 18 March, at the Human Rights Council, the UK's Permanent Representative to the UN, sa...