Written question asked by Tulip Siddiq (Labour) on Tuesday, 8 March 2022, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 14 March 2022 (named day). It was answered by James Cleverly (Conservative) on Monday, 14 March 2022 on behalf of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office.

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what specific steps her Department has taken since her appointment to follow up with the Iranian authorities on the allegations of torture raised in the case of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe.

Answer: We remain committed to securing the immediate and permanent release of unfairly detained British nationals in Iran, including Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe. The Foreign Secretary continues to raise Iran's practice of detaining British dual nationals with her Iranian counterpart, Foreign Minister Amir-Abdolahian and, and I [Minister Cleverly] most recently raised with Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Baqeri Kani on 11 November. Our Ambassador in Tehran continues to raise these cases with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, most recently on 8 March.

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