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HL HL4682
Iran: Capital Punishment
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11 January 2023
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Summary
To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the government of Iran concerning their use of capital punishment; and in particular, the recent cases of Mohammad Mahdi Karami and Seyed Mohammad Hosseini.
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11 January 2023
Written question
To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the government of Iran concerning their use of capital punishment; and in particular, the recent cases of Mohammad Mahdi Karami and Seyed Mohammad Hosseini.
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30 January 2023
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The UK opposes the death penalty in all circumstances. On 8 December and 9 January, the Foreign Secretary summoned Iran's most senior diplomat in the UK to protest Iran's continued use of the death penalty against protesters. This same message has been de...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2023-01-11/HL4682
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1566213
- uk · wq-1566213 · source updated 30 January 2023