Richard Ratcliffe, the husband of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe (fourth left), with his daughter Gabriella (third left) and Kate Allen from Amnesty International (second left) during a protest outside the Iranian Embassy in London, in March 2021
BRITISH-IRANIAN charity worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe could suffer “irreparable damage” to her health, campaigners warned today after she was sentenced to a further year in prison for alleged propaganda activities against Iran.
Ms Zaghari-Ratcliffe has already completed a five-year sentence on charges levied by Iranian authorities, the last year of which was spent under house arrest due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Her lawyer Hojjat Kermani said that she had received the second sentence for allegedly spreading “propaganda against the system” in relation to her participation in a protest in front of the Iranian embassy in London in 2009.
Tehran retaliates with attacks on Israel, the Gulf Arab states and crude oil flows
The Committee for the Defence of Iranian People’s Rights (Codir) welcomes demonstrations across Iran, which have put pressure upon the theocratic dictatorship, but warns against intervention by the United States to force Iran in a particular direction
The Islamic Republic is attempting to deflect from its own failures with a scapegoating campaign against vulnerable and impoverished migrants, writes JAMSHID AHMADI
While Trump praises the ‘successful’ attack on Iranian nuclear sites, the question arises as to the real motives behind this escalation. MARC VANDEPITTE explores the issues