Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to help support the human rights of Iranians during the current protests in that country.

On Monday 10 October, the UK announced sanctions on Iran's so-called Morality Police and two of its leaders. The UK also imposed sanctions on five other leading officials for committing serious human rights violations in Iran. The Foreign Secretary said in a statement on 10 October, these sanctions send a clear message to the Iranian authorities, we will hold Iran account for its repression of women and girls and for the shocking violence inflicted on its own people. We have joined 52 other countries in a joint Human Rights Council statement urging restraint and accountability from Iranian law enforcement.