Question follow-through · 15054
Iran: Women
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to help tackle (a) violation of personal freedoms of female students and (b) other forms of mistreatment of women and girls in Iran.
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- Answering body
- Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
- Tabled
- 19 Nov 2024
- Target answer date
- 25 Nov 2024
- Answer
- 27 Nov 2024 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
19 Nov 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to help tackle (a) violation of personal freedoms of female students and (b) other forms of mistreatment of women and girls in Iran.
25 Nov 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
27 Nov 2024
Answer published
Iran's human rights record is unacceptable. We condemn the continued repression of women and girls by the Iranian authorities. We maintain 94 human rights sanctions on senior Iranian decision makers, including those responsible for Iran's oppressive hijab...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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