Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether affiliation to the Iranian judiciary is a condition for translators to be included on his Department's list of translators and interpreters in Iran; and whether his Department plans to take steps to ensure that such affiliation does not compromise the impartiality of those translators.

​The Foreign and Commonwealth Office has standard criteria for the compilation of local service provider lists, including those of translators and interpreters. The criteria are global and not country specific. All translators and interpreters are asked to provide information on which local regulatory authority or body they are affiliated to. Affiliation to a particular authority or body is not a condition for inclusion on a list, but any information provided on affiliation is included in the list.