Written question asked by Hilary Benn (Labour) on Wednesday, 18 May 2016, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 23 May 2016 (named day). It was answered by Lord Hammond of Runnymede (Conservative) on Monday, 23 May 2016 on behalf of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent reports he has received on the detention of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe in Iran; and if he will make a statement.

Answer: We have repeatedly raised this matter with Iran. Iran does not recognise dual nationality and as such does not grant us consular access in these cases. We have therefore not been given any details about Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe’s detention. We understand that she has now been released from solitary confinement. The Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, my Hon. Friend the Member for Rochford and Southend East (James Duddridge) raised our concerns this week with the Iranian Chargé d’affaires.

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