Written question asked by Lord Avebury (Liberal Democrat), in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 9 July 1996. It was answered by Baroness Chalker of Wallasey (Conservative) on Tuesday, 9 July 1996.

Chalker of Wallasey, RtHonBaroness

Question: What is their response to the allegation made by Ms Elahe Hicks of Human Rights Watch/Middle East, in an interview with Mahmoud Tehrani of the BBC Persian service broadcast on 22nd June 1996, that Mr Rajae Khorasani, a former member of the Iranian Majlis and founder/chairman of the Parliamentary Human Rights Commission of Iran, said that torture is practised in Iran, and is legitimate when it is applied to "political groups such as the hypocrites", and whether they will ensure that a recording of this broadcast is made available to the United Nations Human Rights Centre in advance of the forthcoming meeting of the Subcommission on the Prevention ofn Discrimination and Protection of Minorities.

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