Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent representations he has made to his Iranian counterpart on the return of the detained British national, Anoosheh Ashoori, to the UK.

We are doing everything we can to secure the release of British dual nationals arbitrarily detained in Iran, including Anoosheh Ashoori, so that they can be reunited with their loved ones.

The Foreign Secretary continues directly to press Foreign Minister Zarif for this and The Prime Minister has raised the issue with President Rouhani. Our Ambassador in Tehran consistently raises our detainees with the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, most recently on 9 March.