Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with his Iranian counterpart on the police response to protests in Iran following the death of Mahsa Amini.

On 3 October, the Foreign Secretary instructed the FCDO to summon Iran's most senior diplomat in the UK. It was made clear to him that the Iranian authorities should take responsibility for their actions, listening to the concerns of their people, instead of blaming external actors. We reiterated our call for Iran to respect the right to peaceful assembly, exercise restraint and release unfairly detained protesters. We continue to raise our concerns at every opportunity, with the Iranian Embassy in London and via our Ambassador in Tehran.