Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe: PM demands ‘immediate release’ of British-Iranian woman

Boris Johnson has demanded the “immediate release” of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, the British-Iranian woman jailed in Iran on spying charges, in a phone call with Iran’s president.

The PM said her “continued confinement remains completely unacceptable” and that she must be allowed to return to her family in the UK.

She had her ankle tag removed on Sunday at the end of her five-year sentence.

But she faces a new court case against her – scheduled for next Sunday.

The charity worker had been under house arrest in Tehran since being moved from jail last March. She has always denied the charges against her.

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Boris Johnson has demanded the “immediate release” of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, the British-Iranian woman jailed in Iran on spying charges, in a phone call with Iran’s president. The PM said her “continued confinement remains completely unacceptable” and that she must be allowed to return to her family in the UK. She had her ankle tag removed on Sunday at the end of her five-year sentence. But she faces a new court case against her – scheduled for next Sunday. The charity worker had been under house arrest in Tehran since being moved from jail last March. She has always denied the charges against her. Boris Johnson has demanded the “immediate release” of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, the British-Iranian woman jailed in Iran on spying charges, in a phone call with Iran’s president. The PM said her “continued confinement remains completely unacceptable” and that she must be allowed to return to her family in the UK. She had her ankle tag removed on Sunday at the end of her five-year sentence. But she faces a new court case against her – scheduled for next Sunday. The charity worker had been under house arrest in Tehran since being moved from jail last March. She has always denied the charges against her.