Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe: British mother jailed in Iran goes on second hunger strike in protest against 'unfair imprisonment'

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, the British charity worker jailed in Iran, has begun a fresh hunger strike in protest against her imprisonment, her husband has said.

The dual nation and mother-of-one – who has been in prison in Iran for three years – carried out a 14 day hunger strike in January in protest against being refused access to medical care.

Her husband Richard Ratcliffe said: “Today I received a phone call from Nazanin in prison. She had informed the judiciary that she has begun a new hunger strike (she will drink water) to protest at her continuing unfair imprisonment.

“This is something she had been threatening for a while. Nazanin had vowed that if we passed [her daughter] Gabriella’s fifth birthday with her still inside, then she would do something – to mark to both governments – that enough is enough. This really has gone on too long.

“Today she sounded nervous, but calm. Her demand from the strike, she said, is for unconditional release. She has long been eligible for it.”

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