{"id":8744,"date":"2017-11-04T09:24:39","date_gmt":"2017-11-04T14:24:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.irandemocratic.org\/public_html\/news\/?p=8744"},"modified":"2017-11-04T09:24:39","modified_gmt":"2017-11-04T14:24:39","slug":"iran-%e2%80%8cbritish-fm-boris-johnson-condemns-continued-detention-of-nazanin-zaghari","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.irandemocratic.org\/public_html\/news\/8744\/","title":{"rendered":"#Iran: \u200c#British FM Boris Johnson condemns continued detention of Nazanin Zaghari"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #666699;\">NCRI <span class=\"dj-drop\">Women&#8217;s Committee, 04 November 2017\u00a0<\/span><\/span>:<a href=\"http:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/BorisJohnson\"> Boris Johnson<\/a> condemned Iran\u2019s detention of British citizen <a href=\"http:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/middle-east\/nazanin-zaghari-ratcliffe-british-woman-iran-jail-tehran-revolutionary-guard-prison-a7991741.html\">Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe <\/a>and offered to visit her in prison.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to a committee of MPs, Mr. Johnson attacked both Ms. Zaghari-Ratcliffe\u2019s conviction for spying as a mockery of justice and her treatment by the authorities in Tehran.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, nor her family, has been informed about what crime she has actually committed. And that I find extraordinary, incredible,\u201d<a href=\"http:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/middle-east\/nazanin-zaghari-ratcliffe-british-woman-iran-jail-tehran-revolutionary-guard-prison-a7991741.html\"> he said.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Mr. Johnson was told that an MP had been informed she could visit the dual British-Iranian national if she wished and asked if he would make the trip, replying: \u201cOf course.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>There were \u201cobvious humanitarian grounds\u201d for Ms. Zaghari-Ratcliffe\u2019s release, he told the Foreign Affairs Select Committee, adding: \u201cI wouldn\u2019t dispute that for a minute.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The 38-year-old mother was separated from her 21-month-old daughter Gabriella when she was arrested as she tried to return home to London after a two-week holiday.<\/p>\n<p>Last month, Ms. Zaghari-Ratcliffe was told <a href=\"http:\/\/women.ncr-iran.org\/iran-women-news\/4374-iran-nazanin-zaghari-faces-additional-criminal-charges\">she could face 16 more years<\/a> behind bars after the Iranian courts reopened her case and added three charges. (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/uk\/politics\/nazanin-zaghari-ratcliffe-borsi-johnson-iran-british-citizen-prison-detained-foreign-secretary-visit-a8031891.html\">The Independent<\/a> \u2013 November 2, 2014)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>NCRI Women&#8217;s Committee, 04 November 2017\u00a0: Boris Johnson condemned Iran\u2019s detention of British citizen Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe and offered to visit her in prison. 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