PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
(28 August 2026)

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent representations he has made to the Government of Iran regarding the ten individuals convicted in connection with the January 2026 protests in Isfahan who are reportedly at risk of execution.

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Nadia Whittome (Labour)

We condemn in the strongest terms the ongoing executions of protesters and use of the death penalty by the Islamic Republic of Iran. On 12 August 2026, the UK signed a joint statement alongside our Canadian and European allies specifically calling on Iran to immediately end the use of the death penalty and highlighting that the use of capital punishment to silence dissent, intimidate communities, and punish individuals exercising their human rights can never be justified.

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