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Iran Violates Human Rights of Actress

Michael Connarty: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent discussions his Department has had with the Iranian Government on the imprisonment and sentencing of actress, Marzieh Vafamehr. [76056]

Alistair Burt: The UK is aware of the shocking sentence of one year and 90 lashes handed to Marzieh Vafamehr, allegedly for her role in the film ‘My Tehran for sale’. Foreign and Commonwealth Office officials spoke to the Iranian chargé d’affaires in London on 20 October 2011 to seek clarification of Ms Vafamehr's charges. The UK believes that such state-sanctioned corporal punishment has no place in the modern world and urges the Iranian authorities to review this case and the reported sentence.

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