Question follow-through · 56261
Iran: Baha'i Faith
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
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- Answering body
- Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
- Tabled
- 2 Jun 2025
- Target answer date
- 5 Jun 2025
- Answer
- 9 Jun 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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2 Jun 2025
Question tabled
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
5 Jun 2025
Target answer date
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9 Jun 2025
Answer published
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...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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