The British-Iranian dual national lost her latest appeal against her sentence in Iran, with husband Richard telling Sky News 'it is very clear she is going to be put in prison quite soon'.
was taking her daughter Gabriella to see her family when she was arrested and sentenced to five years in prison. She spent four years in Evin Prison and is now on house arrest at her parent's home.
Ms Zaghari-Ratcliffe and her family have reportedly been told by Iranian authorities that she is being detained because of the UK's failure to pay an outstanding £400m debt to Iran.Zaghari-Ratcliffe's husband: 'This may have a while still to run' "Hunger strike is an extreme act, and it's always a bit precarious at the beginning," he told Sky News.
Mr Ratcliffe first went on hunger strike"in solidarity" with his wife two years ago - he lasted 15 days, and it eventually resulted in his daughter being returned to the UK. He continued:"I have to say, I thought that would be a unique experience and that when the prime minister came into office he would resolve our case and keep his word.My heart breaks to write this, but once again my constituent Richard Ratcliffe has been forced to go on hunger strike because of the Government's inaction and failure to
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