{"value":{"id":1235239,"askingMemberId":4006,"askingMember":null,"house":"Commons","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2020-09-16T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2020-09-21T00:00:00","uin":"91010","questionText":"To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what representations he has made to his Iranian counterpart on the continued use of the death penalty in that country.","answeringBodyId":208,"answeringBodyName":"Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":false,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":4366,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2020-09-23T00:00:00","answerText":"<p>The UK Government is firmly opposed to the death penalty in all circumstances and in every country, including Iran, especially in cases that do not meet the minimum standards defined by the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, to which Iran is a signatory. This includes the execution of minors and the use of the death penalty for a crime that is not deemed \"the most serious\". We have made clear to Iran, both in public and in private, our opposition to the use of the death penalty and will continue to do so.</p>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":null,"attachmentCount":0,"heading":"Iran: Capital Punishment","attachments":[],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/1235239","method":"GET"}]}