You can watch a clip here of the speech I gave earlier today on the situation in Iran and the barbaric treatment of protestors there.

As I said in my speech: “𝘞𝘦’𝘷𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘥𝘦𝘷𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘰𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘐𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘴𝘶𝘣𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘳𝘶𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺. 𝘉𝘳𝘶𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘐𝘴𝘭𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘤 𝘙𝘦𝘷𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘎𝘶𝘢𝘳𝘥, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘐𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘴𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘮. 𝘛𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘶𝘣𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘤𝘰𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘧𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘸𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘥𝘰 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘨𝘰 𝘶𝘯𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘥.”

The Foreign Secretary has announced a wave of sanctions and been clear that the UK opposes human rights abuses. But unless we do more, the executions will continue. I called for independent access to trials, a moratorium on executions, and proper accountability for the Iranian regime.