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Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe: Foreign Secretary's statement, 26 April 2021

Dominic Raab issued a statement following reports that Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe has been sentenced to a further year in prison and a 1-year travel ban.

• From: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office and The Rt Hon Dominic Raab
• Published: 26 April 2021

This was published under the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said:

This is a totally inhumane and wholly unjustified decision.

We continue to call on Iran to release Nazanin immediately so she can return to her family in the UK. We continue to do all we can to support her.

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Published 26 April 2021