IRAN:Husband of the British Iranian woman held in Iran jails demands action

Husband of the British Iranian woman held in Iran jails demands action

Ratcliffe family, where Mrs. Ratcliffe is held in IRGC prison

The Guardian, 25 June 2016 - The husband of a British-Iranian woman who has been detained without charge in Tehran for 83 days has spoken of his anger over the Foreign Office’s handling of the matter.
Richard Ratcliffe told the Guardian he felt trade relations had been prioritized over the welfare of his wife, Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, and their two-year-old daughter Gabriella. “I don’t think Nazanin and Gabriella’s case, nor any of the others, is a top priority at the moment,” he said, referring to four other British passport holders he understands are being detained in Iran. “The top priority of the Foreign Office is trade.”
Zaghari-Ratcliffe, who works for the Thomson Reuters Foundation as a project manager, was arrested at Tehran’s international airport by members of the country’s Revolutionary Guard on 3 April. She had been about to return to the UK from a family visit in her home country. This month the Revolutionary Guard released a statement accusing her of fomenting a “soft overthrow” of the Islamic Republic, which her husband described as “farcical”.