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UIN 175956
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe
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25 March 2021
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13 April 2021 · Answer
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13 April 2021
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether it is Government policy to recognise Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe as a hostage, in the context of her continued detention in Iran at the end of her sentence.
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25 March 2021
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether it is Government policy to recognise Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe as a hostage, in the context of her continued detention in Iran at the end of her sentence.
Source: Commons
13 April 2021
Answer
We do not accept our nationals being used as diplomatic leverage and have repeatedly made this clear to Iran. By exercising diplomatic protection in Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe's case, we formally recognised that her treatment fails to meet Iran's obligations u...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2021-03-25/175956
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1306308
- uk · wq-1306308 · source updated 13 April 2021