Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the Iranian government on the release from captivity of Jason Rezaian.

The Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, my right hon. Friend the Member for Runnymede and Weybridge (Mr Hammond) raised the detention of Jason Rezaian with Iranian Foreign Minister Zarif in Tehran on 23 August. The Prime Minister, my right hon. Friend the Member for Witney (Mr Cameron) also raised the case during a phone call with President Rouhani on 16 July.