Written question asked by Tom Brake (Liberal Democrat) on Friday, 27 October 2017, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 31 October 2017. It was answered by Alistair Burt (Conservative) on Monday, 6 November 2017 on behalf of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe and Kamal Foroughi

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the UK Ambassador to Iran raised the cases of dual nationals, Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe and Kamal Foroughi during the 4th Europe-Iran Forum.

Answer: The Ambassador attended the 4th Europe-Iran Forum where he participated in a panel discussion on the nuclear deal. The Ambassador spoke about the importance we attach to progress on dual national consular cases in a BBC Persian interview recorded at the forum. The Ambassador continues to raise all of our dual national cases, including Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe and Mr Foroughi, at every opportunity, most recently this month with Deputy Foreign Minister Takht Ravanchi. I also raised our dual national cases in a phone call with the Iranian Ambassador to the UK on 10 October.

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