§ Mr. AncramTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations concerning Iran's nuclear programme the Government will make to the International Atomic Energy Agency in its September meetings; and if he will make a statement. [189092]
§ Mr. StrawTogether with the Governments of France and Germany the UK has drafted a resolution on Iran for discussion at the current meeting of the Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
As has been recent practice, UK statements on Iran at the Board of Governors' meeting and to the IAEA General Conference will be published once they have been delivered.
§ Mr. AncramTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations the Government has received since February from human rights organisations operating in Iran; and if he will list the human rights violations those organisations reported. [189093]
§ Mr. StrawThe Foreign and Commonwealth Office maintains close contacts with the semi-official Islamic Human Rights Commission in Tehran, other1834W individuals and organisations in Iran with an interest in human rights issues, and international human rights organisations which follow events in Iran. These individuals and organisations continue to report a wide range of human rights violations in Iran. Because human rights violation is so widespread in Iran, and because many of the representations we receive are confidential in nature, we cannot list here all the individual violations reported to us.
We continue to make our views on human rights clear to the Iranian authorities bilaterally, through the European Union and through action at the United Nations, and to press them to bring their practices into line with international law and standards.