Asked by: Gavin Robinson (Democratic Unionist Party - Belfast East)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent steps HM Ambassador to Iran has taken to support (a) Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe and (b) Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe's family.
Answered by Tobias Ellwood
In December, the Ambassador met with Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe's family in Tehran. He has also spoken by telephone to Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe's husband in the UK to explain what the Embassy is doing to assist her. The Ambassador most recently met and raised Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe's case with the Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister on 4 January. He will continue to raise her case with the Iranian Government at every available opportunity.