§ Lord Jenkins of Putneyasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether they will study the Amnesty International Reports on the ill-treatment of prisoners and other Human Rights Violations in Iran in 1982 and whether they have received information that those violations are continuing this year.
§ The Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office (Baroness Young)The allegations in the 1982 Amnesty International report on human rights548WA violations in Iran are disturbing. We regret that reports of further violations continue to appear. We shall continue to take every suitable opportunity to remind the Iranian Government of its responsibility to respect the human rights of all its citizens.