The husband of jailed British-Iranian aid worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe last night criticised the government’s handling of his wife’s case after it was revealed she had lost her appeal against a second jail sentence in Iran.
Richard Ratcliffe accused the government of failing to deal with problems “until they become crises”.
His wife was jailed for five years in 2016 after being accused of plotting against the regime. After her release earlier this year, she was charged and sentenced to another year allegedly for spreading propaganda.
Following the failure of her appeal in the propaganda case, Zaghari-Ratcliffe can be sent back to prison at any time.
Her husband said his wife was “traumatised at the thought of having to go back to jail”. » | David Connett | Saturday, October 16, 2021
