Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department has made representations to the Iranian authorities on the death of Mahsa Amini.

The death of Mahsa Amini in Iran is a shocking reminder of the repression faced by women in Iran. On 3 October, the Foreign Secretary summoned Iran's most senior diplomat in the UK, to call for a transparent investigation into the circumstances surrounding her death and to condemn the subsequent violent crackdown on protestors. On 10 October, the UK sanctioned the so-called Morality Police, two of its leaders and five others for serious human rights violations. These sanctions send a clear message that the UK will hold the Iranian authorities to account for their repression of women and girls and for the shocking violence inflicted on their people.