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Iran: Elections

Asked by Luke AkehurstLabourForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled Answered 26 February 2026UIN 114366

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether the UK objected to the recent election of Abbas Tajik of Iran as a Vice-Chair to the Bureau for the sixty-fifth session of the UN's Commission for Social Development.

Answered by Chris Elmore

Iran put forward the only candidate so there was no vote.

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