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Somayeh Rashidi

Commons · Question 85134 · Tabled 27 Oct 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record

Answered 3 Nov 2025

Question

Asked by Bob Blackman

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential implications of her policies of the death of Somayeh Rashidi in Iran in September 2025; and what discussions she has had with he

Answer

Answered by Hamish Falconer, 3 Nov 2025

As we set out in the answer of 6 August 2025 to question 67434 we remained concerned over the arbitrary detention of women and other political prisoners in Iran, and we were deeply saddened to learn of the death of Somayeh Rashidi, and other women in dete...