Written question asked by Lord Maginnis of Drumglass (Independent Ulster Unionist) on Wednesday, 7 September 2016, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 21 September 2016. It was answered by Baroness Anelay of St Johns (Conservative) on Monday, 19 September 2016 on behalf of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
Iran: Political Prisoners
- Question
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To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the answer by Baroness Anelay of St Johns on 6 September (HL Deb, col 936), and in the light of the release of the Montazeri audiotape regarding the massacres in Iran in 1988, whether it is still their position that there is little corroborated evidence of such a massacre taking place.
- Answer
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The UK Government opposes the use of the death penalty in all circumstances and takes any allegations of extrajudicial killings seriously. The Iranian Government has repeatedly denied that a mass execution took place, though we know that between July 1988 and January 1989 executions did take place. However, even with the recording and media reporting on the incident, we have no confirmation of the numbers involved.
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- Death Capital punishment Political prisoners Iran
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