In the Lords

The Government certainly want to improve our relationship with Iran.

Yes, of course, it is in everyone’s interest that Iran as a country adheres to the rule of law, just as the UK does on a routine and permane

The Prime Minister continues to engage on this issue with his counterpart, as does the entire FCDO.

My Lords, at the risk of being repetitive, it would be a grave error for this Government to behave as though that historic debt is in any wa

My Lords, no one disputes that Iran’s treatment of Nazanin and others in similar circumstances is inhumane and cruel, exceeds any normal bou

My Lords, it is unacceptable and unjustifiable that Iran has chosen to continue with this second, wholly arbitrary case against Nazanin.

Like the noble Lord, I recognise the commitment and huge sacrifice that has been shown by Mr Ratcliffe and the families of other British det

As we have said—I know my colleague has said this many times from this Dispatch Box—we are actively exploring the options to resolve this ca

My Lords, the IMS payment is a long-standing case relating to a historic debt owed to pre-revolution Iran.

My Lords, from my vantage point, if I may couch it that way, I am absolutely certain that the premise of the noble Lord’s question and the a