Question follow-through · 96588
Bita Shafiei
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether her Department has raised the detention of Bita Shafiei on 13 November 2025 with her Iranian counterparts.
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- Answering body
- Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
- Tabled
- 2 Dec 2025
- Target answer date
- 8 Dec 2025
- Answer
- 11 Dec 2025 · 9 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
2 Dec 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether her Department has raised the detention of Bita Shafiei on 13 November 2025 with her Iranian counterparts.
8 Dec 2025
Target answer date
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11 Dec 2025
Answer published
We are aware of Bita Shafiei's case and continue to raise the rights of women and girls and human rights defenders with the Iranian Government in multilateral fora. The UK co-sponsored an Iran Human Rights Resolution, adopted by the UN Third Committee on ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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