Baha'i, Iran

Early day motion 604, tabled 15 April 2024 by Stephen Timms (Labour). Signed by 9 members.

That this House notes reports in February 2024 of an attack on a Bahai educational gathering in a private home in the Iranian town of Ghaemshar; understands that those in attendance were students at the informal, but remarkable, Bahai Institute for Higher Education, which facilitates degree level study for Bahais denied access to Iranian universities; expresses concern at reports that agents of the Ministry of Intelligence beat one member of the group in front of his mother and of his classmates; and calls on the UK Government to raise the right to education of the Bahai community in bilateral and multi-lateral messaging to the Iranian authorities.

Signatures by party: Scottish National Party 3, Labour 2, Conservative 1, DUP 1, Independent 1, Labour/Co-operative 1.