Aid worker imprisoned in Iran to go on hunger strike

Aid worker imprisoned in Iran to go on hunger strike
Ministers are under pressure to increase efforts to secure the release of a British-Iranian mother detained in Tehran as she was due to begin a hunger strike, AP reported.

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe was to start an initial three-day fast on Monday (Jan. 14) in protest against being denied medical care in Iranian regime’s Evin prison.

The 40-year-old, of Hampstead, north-west London, has been detained for more than 1,000 days, having been accused of spying, a charge she vehemently denies.

Human rights charity Redress renewed calls for the Government to end her “appalling” treatment by taking “immediate steps to secure her release”, including by granting her diplomatic protection.

The Foreign Office said Jeremy Hunt is considering whether to take this course of action, having discussed it with her husband.

Redress director Rupert Skilbeck said: ““We are gravely concerned about the mental and physical impact that Nazanin’s prolonged and unjustified imprisonment is having on her.

“Any new denials of her right to medical care further worsen the ongoing serious violations of her human rights.

“The UK Government should assert Nazanin’s rights under international law to obtain reparation on her behalf – including her release.”

Ms Zaghari-Ratcliffe, who works for the Thomson Reuters Foundation charity, was arrested at Tehran’s Imam Khomeini airport on April 3 2016 and was sentenced to five years in jail.

She has been suffering mental and physical health complaints during her detention.

Her husband, Richard Ratcliffe, who has long campaigned for her release, said she been refused medical attention for lumps in her breasts, neurological care for pains in her limbs and access to an external psychiatrist.

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