Hakop Gochumyan
Commons · Question 82655 · Tabled 16 Oct 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record
Answered 29 Oct 2025
Question
Asked by Bob Blackman
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with her counterparts in Iran on Hakop Gochumyan; and whether she is taking diplomatic steps to help secure his release.
Answer
Answered by Hamish Falconer, 29 Oct 2025
We are very concerned by Mr. Gochumyan's case and at Iran's treatment of Christians more broadly. On 23 September 2025, at the UN Human Rights Council, UK Permanent Representative, Kumar Iyer, highlighted the targeting and scapegoating of marginalised gro...