In a debate held at Westminster Hall, UK members of Parliament from across the political spectrum focused on the Iranian government’s systematic persecution of Baha’is and other religious minorities. Alistair Burt, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Foreign Office, said “any state [that] can treat its religious minorities in this way is shocking and all the more so given the religious underpinning of the current regime and its oft-stated claim to respect human rights.”