Iran: Alleged Human Rights Violations

Part of Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office – in the House of Commons am ar 30 Gorffennaf 2024.

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Photo of Hamish Falconer Hamish Falconer Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)

That is a very important question. Iran clearly remains an extremely hostile environment for journalists, who face harassment, arbitrary detention and long prison sentences. We will raise this issue with the new Iranian Government when they are formed—as the hon. Member will know, they are having their inauguration today, so there are no Ministers yet for me or the rest of the Foreign Office team to talk to. The Foreign Office currently provides a quarter of the BBC World Service budget, and we will no doubt look at that as part of the wider budget review.