Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps is she taking to help ensure that Morad Tahbaz is immediately released from detention in Iran.

The Iranian authorities committed to allowing Morad to return home to his wife in Tehran on furlough, and we expect them to fulfil that commitment. We continue to lobby Iran and work with the US to secure Morad's permanent release and departure from Iran. He must be allowed to return to his family's home in Tehran immediately. We remain in close contact with Morad's family.