Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations the Government has made to the Government of Iran on the treatment of (a) all political prisoners and (b) political prisoners on hunger strike at Gohardasht Prison.

We continue to take action with the international community to press for improvements on all human rights issues in Iran, including prison conditions. We support the work of the Special Rapporteur for Human Rights in Iran. We regularly raise human rights with the Iranian government at all levels. I raised concerns about human rights, including prison conditions, with my Iranian counterpart during my visit to Iran on 5 August.