David Rutley corrected a written answer on Iran: Children

20 December 2022 · Commons written answer · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Bob Blackman (Conservative, Harrow East) asked written question 96597 on 25 November 2022. David Rutley answered on 5 December 2022 for the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, and David Rutley corrected the answer on 20 December 2022. The same corrected answer was given to questions 96598, 96599. The corrected text no longer gives the figures 1,000, 18,000, 500. Altogether 186 words differ between the two versions.

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to help ensure that all children detained in Iran are released.

Original and corrected answer

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The ~~UN should also use all its power~~ to ~~demand~~ the ~~immediate release of hundreds~~ of children detained during protests in Iran in recent weeks when it holds an urgent special session later this week. According to some estimates, more than 63 children are reported to have been killed, and between 500-1,000 children believed to be among the ~~more than 18,000 people detained, some threatened with execution. On 24 November the Human Rights Council voted in favour of a resolution condemning Iran's~~ brutal crackdown on ~~protestors and launching~~ a ~~fact-finding mission~~ to ~~investigate alleged~~ human rights ~~violations.~~	The UK is committed to holding Iran to account for the appalling treatment of children throughout the brutal crackdown of protests. The UK highlighted this issue at the UN Human Right Council on 24 November, at which we supported a successful Resolution to establish a UN investigation into the human rights violations committed by the regime during the protests. The Foreign Secretary also called out Iran's treatment of children alongside his G7 partners at the meeting of Foreign Ministers on 4 November. The UK will continue work with partners at international fora to call on the Iranian authorities to abide by their obligations under international law and to improve the practices surrounding children in detention.

Original

Corrected

The ~~UN should also use all its power~~ to ~~demand~~ the ~~immediate release of hundreds~~ of children detained during protests in Iran in recent weeks when it holds an urgent special session later this week. According to some estimates, more than 63 children are reported to have been killed, and between 500-1,000 children believed to be among the ~~more than 18,000 people detained, some threatened with execution. On 24 November the Human Rights Council voted in favour of a resolution condemning Iran's~~ brutal crackdown on ~~protestors and launching~~ a ~~fact-finding mission~~ to ~~investigate alleged~~ human rights ~~violations.~~

The UK is committed to holding Iran to account for the appalling treatment of children throughout the brutal crackdown of protests. The UK highlighted this issue at the UN Human Right Council on 24 November, at which we supported a successful Resolution to establish a UN investigation into the human rights violations committed by the regime during the protests. The Foreign Secretary also called out Iran's treatment of children alongside his G7 partners at the meeting of Foreign Ministers on 4 November. The UK will continue work with partners at international fora to call on the Iranian authorities to abide by their obligations under international law and to improve the practices surrounding children in detention.

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Date read	15 October 2026
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