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 the Iranian Government on the cases of (a) Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe and (b) Anoosheh Ashoori.

We remain committed to securing the immediate and permanent release of arbitrarily detained dual British nationals in Iran including Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe and Anoosheh Ashoori, so that they can be returned to the UK.

The Foreign Secretary continues to raise the UK's serious concerns about Iran's practice of detaining foreign and dual nationals directly with Foreign Minister Zarif, most recently on 3rd April, and the Prime Minister has raised the issue with President Rouhani, most recently on 10 March. The ambassador in Tehran consistently raises the dual national detainees with the Iran authorities.