ACCESS TO EDUCATION IN IRAN

Early day motion 1098, tabled 23 November 2005 by Lembit Öpik (Liberal Democrat). Signed by 78 members.

That this House notes that members of Iran's largest religious minority, the Bahá'ís, remain denied access to education; observes that despite recent changes to the university entrance examination form Iranian Bahá'ís have been falsely recorded as having a Muslim identity and that the authorities have declined to correct such errors; believes that there is a clear policy on the part of the Iranian government to deny Bahá'ís access to higher education on grounds of their religious beliefs; and urges the UK Government to make representations to the Iranian authorities to end this manifestly unjust policy.

Signatures by party: Conservative 39, Liberal Democrat 16, Labour 15, DUP 3, Plaid Cymru 2, Social Democratic and Labour Party 2, Scottish National Party 1.