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The UN Human Rights Council is today discussing the Special Rapporteur’s report on human rights in Iran.

• Updated: 12 March 2012

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Pastor Youcef Nardakhani, a Christian pastor from Rasht in Iran, was tried, convicted and sentenced to death for apostasy in September 2010.

• Updated: 24 February 2012

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Foreign Office Minister Alistair Burt said that such deplorable tactics illustrate the deteriorating human rights situation in Iran, and the desperation of the regime to silence any independent voices.

• Updated: 3 February 2012

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Minister Alistair Burt called on Iran to urgently review all new cases involving death sentences, and arrests contrary to human rights obligations.

• Updated: 20 January 2012

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Foreign Office Minister for the Middle East Alistair Burt updated Parliament on the latest information regarding visa applications in Iran, following the closure of our embassy in Tehran.

• Updated: 16 January 2012

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Speaking at Bar-Ilan University in Ramat Gan, the Minister for the Middle East emphasised the importance of standing together to prevent Iran acquiring a nuclear weapons capability.

• Updated: 10 January 2012

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Ministers met to discuss developments in region as well as key elements of the bilateral relationship.

• Updated: 10 January 2012

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Foreign Office Minister Alistair Burt welcomed the adoption which demonstrates the depth of international concern at the worsening human rights situation in Iran.

• Updated: 20 December 2011

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Foreign Office Minister Alistair Burt said he was appalled at the execution of Alireza Molla-Soltani and called on the Iranian authorities to end these inhumane practices.

• Updated: 21 September 2011

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Foreign Office Minister Alistair Burt has commented on the most recent International Atomic Energy Association report on Iran.

• Updated: 7 September 2011

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As Iranians commemorate Journalist's Day, Minister for the Middle East Alistair Burt talks about the ongoing oppression of civil liberties in Iran.

• Updated: 8 August 2011

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Minister for the Middle East Alistair Burt has spoken after reports that three men in Iran were made to stand on a bus before being hung from a bridge.

• Updated: 22 July 2011

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Foreign Office Minister Alistair Burt calls on the Iranian authorities to release immediately all those detained yesterday and in the past two years for simply exercising what should be legitimate freedoms.

• Updated: 13 June 2011

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Minister for the Middle East Alistair Burt has condemned the continued detention of opposition politicians in Iran.

• Updated: 27 May 2011

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Minister Alistair Burt says UK condemns the use of the death penalty in all circumstances.

• Updated: 30 April 2011

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Minister for the Middle East Alistair Burt offers best wishes to those celebrating Norouz, the ancient ceremony which marks the new year for Iranians and several other nations in the region.

• Updated: 18 March 2011

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Minister for the Middle East Alistair Burt called for Iran to stop using the death penalty.

• Updated: 25 January 2011

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UK Minister for the Middle East discusses Iran, regional issues with Avigdor Lieberman

• Updated: 18 January 2011

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Minister for the Middle East Alistair Burt met Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister to discuss restarting negotiations between Israel and the Palestinian Authority and the Iranian nuclear threat.

• Updated: 17 January 2011

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Minister for the Middle East and North Africa Alistair Burt calls for Iran's authorities to overturn the sentence.

• Updated: 11 January 2011

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