Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the 35th special session of the UN Human Rights Council on the human rights situation in Iran on 24 November, what support they plan to give to the Council’s fact-finding investigation into human rights abuses in Iran.

On 24 November, the UK voted in support of the Human Rights Council's resolution to establish a UN investigation into the Iranian Government appalling human rights violations. This is a vital step towards accountability. The UK has long raised human rights with the Iranian Government at all appropriate opportunities, both directly and in multilateral fora. We will continue to work with our international partners to hold Iran to account, including in calling for Iran to allow the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Iran access to the country so he can properly and impartially investigate the reported abuses.